On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. :-) > > Walt
That's a great story, Walt. I can understand how your friend was moved to tears - what a wonderful gesture on your part. Cool pic of a lovely model. Well done all round! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
