On 19/11/08, Walter Hamler, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#420702323_i4KP4-XL-LB > >Maybe a little OT but a fun story. >A gent in our church flew B-25's in WWII, in New Guinea, Phillippines, >and Japan. He joined in 44 at age 19 and by age 20 had flown 27 combat >missions. >We were talking a few weeks ago and he described the B-25 he flew, a J >model with the solid nose and 8 machine guns as opposed to the clear >nosed versions. >He even described the nose that had a Wolf's head with barred teeth, >as their squadron was called the "Wolf Pack." I went on the web >looking for models of the J version. Only one was ever made and was >pretty hard to find, but luckily I found one here in Orlando at the >local Camera and Hobby store. >I just finished it today and tonight I took it to him at our Wed night >"Aviation Group" meeting. He was in tears as he looked it over >closely. He said that it was from the same squadron as his, the 38th >Bomber Group. He didn't recognize the painting of the "Naked Lady" on >the side but allowed that one may have been painted like that at some >time. :-)
Looks like the tail gunner needs to diet ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
