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re: Does anyone have a family member alive that served in WW2?
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:50 pm to tiger91
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:50 pm to tiger91
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He flew Spitfires with the Royal Air Force -- still not quite sure how he got placed with them. Guess I need to ask his children to elaborate for me.
There were American volunteers with the RAF in the early part of the war. After Pearl Harbor, they were given the option to transfer over to the US military. Some did, some didn't. There were also a few American squadrons equipped with Spitfires, for various reasons.
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Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:59 pm to Jim Rockford
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There were American volunteers with the RAF in the early part of the war. After Pearl Harbor, they were given the option to transfer over to the US military. Some did, some didn't. There were also a few American squadrons equipped with Spitfires, for various reasons.
Cool info. I know that he wasn't at Pearl Harbor and I also know that he was sick on what was to be the original D-Day -- it got moved back due to weather and by then he was ok to fly. I remember seeing a shadow box with his leather pilot "helmet" (wouldn't have helped anything) and a few medals but I don't know what the medals were for.
He came home, ran his law office, raised a family and lived a long, good life.
I'm truly glad that 1) he got to be a part of Honor Air Flight here in Lafayette and that he got to see the WWII memorial and 2) that I was able to be there at the airport when he returned from that trip.
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