WWII spitfire pilot gets shown footage of his own crash....

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alpha1
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WWII spitfire pilot gets shown footage of his own crash....

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"WWII pilot gets shown footage of his 1944 spitfire crash that he's never seen until now".

this is a remarkable story.....hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art ... l-now.html
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great story...thanks for posting
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agreed... awesome find... thanks for posting.
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Wicked stuff...
Now all we need is the Doc or the colonel to explain to us what a dumb ass the guy was to allow his head set to interfere with a perfectly good system. Maybe trey kule could get involved and we could streach it out for 3 or 4 pages!
Really enjoyed that thx.
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7thirtyseven wrote:Wicked stuff...
Now all we need is the Doc or the colonel to explain to us what a dumb ass the guy was to allow his head set to interfere with a perfectly good system. Maybe trey kule could get involved and we could streach it out for 3 or 4 pages!
Really enjoyed that thx.
They're not going to like this one from the same page:

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-art ... rport.html
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Re: WWII spitfire pilot gets shown footage of his own crash.

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"That was the sweetest airplane... Every pilot should fly a Spitfire at least once..."

Yeah, don't we all wish. :P
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