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94 year old reunited with B-24

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06 October 2016, 09:07
Frostbit
94 year old reunited with B-24
Joyce and I are back in PA for Joyce's Father's 94th birthday. He retains a rare level of physical and mental ability for someone his age which makes him a walking historian in relation to flying in a B-24 in WWII.

He had 26 missions over Germany and can recite the date and destination of every flight without his scorecard.

The Collins Foundation had a B-24J st Capital City Airport near Harrisburg and Ray was able to once again fly in the type plane he served in with the Army Air Corp as flight engineer and top turret gunner during WWII.

Here are two clips, as covered by local news. There were four news crews present and I will add the others if they link the stories to their webpages.

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Cheers
Jim


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06 October 2016, 17:54
Brad
That is absolutely outstanding... thanks for taking the time to post it.

The B24 was a death trap. 26 missions is remarkable.


06 October 2016, 21:53
Bill/Oregon
Wonderful stuff. My late uncle flew many missions as the pilot of a B-24 in the South Pacific. These men gave their full measure of devotion.


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06 October 2016, 22:52
Opus1
Of all the WWII aircraft that I would have wanted to fly, the B-24 and B-26 would have been at the bottom of the list. Not sure which one would have won the worst in class award.

Great story however.

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15 October 2016, 22:58
hdxr750
My Dad was a Belly Gunner on a B-24 in the South Pacific. Today he would be 92. Sad to say He has passed on.


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28 October 2016, 05:59
Beretta682E
quote:
Originally posted by Frostbit:
Joyce and I are back in PA for Joyce's Father's 94th birthday. He retains a rare level of physical and mental ability for someone his age which makes him a walking historian in relation to flying in a B-24 in WWII.

He had 26 missions over Germany and can recite the date and destination of every flight without his scorecard.

The Collins Foundation had a B-24J st Capital City Airport near Harrisburg and Ray was able to once again fly in the type plane he served in with the Army Air Corp as flight engineer and top turret gunner during WWII.

Here are two clips, as covered by local news. There were four news crews present and I will add the others if they link the stories to their webpages.

#1

#2

Cheers
Jim


Very impressive.

Mike
04 November 2016, 10:13
BaxterB
Good stuff Jim.