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Greatest Generation Fighter Ace reunited with his P-51 - Kleenex required
2010-06-06
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#5  About a year ago, the local air museum hosted a visit by a P-51 pilot that had managed to track down his aircraft, purchase it, and restore it.
Posted by: Pappy   2010-06-06 16:51  

#4  I believe it is the Discovery Channel that had a show about restoring WWII tanks. A guy out west restored a Hellcat and found out the WWII Commander of that tank lived in the area so he put on a small celebration for the event of re-uniting the tank and Commander. Really interesting.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2010-06-06 16:25  

#3  The P-51 was a sweet ride in several respects. It was still on active duty in some foreign air forces in the 1980s.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-06-06 12:55  

#2  Churchill said it best:


Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. All our hearts go out to the fighter pilots, whose brilliant actions we see with our own eyes day after dayÂ…

Posted by: crosspatch   2010-06-06 03:09  

#1  Awesome find, GB.
Posted by: gorb   2010-06-06 02:54  

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