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<blockquote data-quote="Skeptic" data-source="post: 153476" data-attributes="member: 2175"><p>I recently read the book. Of interest for many reasons including his B-24 assignment. I have a friend who was 91 just recently. Still active, and I drive over and pick him up for lunch occasionally. An interesting guy for many reasons, one of them being that straight off the Virginia farm he was an Air Corps captain at 20 -- "attrition," he claims -- flew 25 B-17 missions into Germany and brought back every crewman. The best stories have little to do with heroism, and he has little patience for anyone suggesting such. One is about being ordered by his squadron commander, as VE Day was anticipated, to fly to Scotland and pick up 100 cases of champagne. His ground crew gutted the B-17 and then crammed the cases in. "The whole base lined both sides of the runway as we brought her in. Only thing I could think was to not forget to get the wheels down. My most nervous landing of the whole war, including the time we came in shot to pieces." Distributed them between the officers, NCOs and enlisted men. "It's a good thing the Germans really quit," he said, "because there wasn't a crew fit to fly the day after." I talked to him briefly today and thanked him again.</p><p></p><p>Your last reference is a pretty sly one. Anybody in mind?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Skeptic, post: 153476, member: 2175"] I recently read the book. Of interest for many reasons including his B-24 assignment. I have a friend who was 91 just recently. Still active, and I drive over and pick him up for lunch occasionally. An interesting guy for many reasons, one of them being that straight off the Virginia farm he was an Air Corps captain at 20 -- "attrition," he claims -- flew 25 B-17 missions into Germany and brought back every crewman. The best stories have little to do with heroism, and he has little patience for anyone suggesting such. One is about being ordered by his squadron commander, as VE Day was anticipated, to fly to Scotland and pick up 100 cases of champagne. His ground crew gutted the B-17 and then crammed the cases in. "The whole base lined both sides of the runway as we brought her in. Only thing I could think was to not forget to get the wheels down. My most nervous landing of the whole war, including the time we came in shot to pieces." Distributed them between the officers, NCOs and enlisted men. "It's a good thing the Germans really quit," he said, "because there wasn't a crew fit to fly the day after." I talked to him briefly today and thanked him again. Your last reference is a pretty sly one. Anybody in mind? [/QUOTE]
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