Always a favorite of mine...

designed at the end of WW2, and entered service as the war was ending it served in Korea, the Cold War and finally Vietnam..

carried more ordinance than a fully loaded B 17...

Had a friend named Deiter Dengler who used to fly one.

A great airplane. The Infantryman's best friend in the Airforce.

Jerry Liles

You are alluding to Werner Herzog's movie?

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Originally posted by zimbabwe:
Had a friend named Deiter Dingler who used to fly one.

Don't know Werner Herzog or his movie, sorry.
The person I'm referring to was a Naval Aviator
and was stationed at NAS Lemoore.

Your friend is famous and the subject of a very good movie by renowned film maker Werner Herzog:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Dengler

I was aware he had escaped from a Viet Cong prison camp. I knew him prior to his capture and only saw him once after his escape.

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Originally posted by zimbabwe:
Had a friend named Deiter Dengler who used to fly one.

Now that friend of yours: his correct name was
Dieter (not Deiter) Dengler? And he came from Wildberg in Germany?
Hans

Quite possibly true as I am known for getting my ei and ie mixed up on a regular basis. Have not thought of him in over 40+ years. While not a close friend was a good friend and we had sportscars in common. I knew quite a few pilots at the time, in fact lived across the sidewalk from John McCain.......