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Found out that weekend that my great uncle >>> than your great uncle
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:22 am
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:22 am
My uncle sent me this story about my great uncle Harry after watching Masters of the Air. I knew he was a B17 pilot in WW2 and I vaguely remember him telling stories about it when I was young but I didn’t realize he such a badass. In summary, in flew his B17 home with 80 holes in his back and he told reporters that he wanted to bomb a German city for every scar.
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 9:28 am
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Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:29 am to WeeWee
Amazing. Balls that could fill a dump truck.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:32 am to WeeWee
My FIL was a B17 pilot and on one mission, his was the only plane to return. That's brutal.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:34 am to jizzle6609
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Amazing. Balls that could fill a dump truck.
Yes he did. He told the doctor if the Germans could not kill him then he doubted that the scotch and smoking tobacco could kill him but he was wrong.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:39 am to WeeWee
My great uncle had a brief sexual affair with a B17 pilot named Harry right after WW2. Did your great uncle have the legs of a stallion?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:39 am to ItzMe1972
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ItzMe1972
Thanks for posting that.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:48 am to WeeWee
My great uncle was a bookie in the river parishes, once beat the shite out of a security guard at his own sons wedding reception after he was caught stealing the concrete planters, and had a mongrel dog that could fetch bricks from the bottom of a swimming pool.
So, yeah, your great Uncle by a nose. Seriously, that is a legit CSB.
So, yeah, your great Uncle by a nose. Seriously, that is a legit CSB.
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Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:48 am to WeeWee
Cool story bro
Posted on 3/25/24 at 9:55 am to WeeWee
Any idea what month/year that magazine was printed???... It's Yank Magazine. We could find a copy.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:05 am to WWII Collector
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Any idea what month/year that magazine was printed???... It's Yank Magazine. We could find a copy.
My uncle has it. I will text him and ask him.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:08 am to WWII Collector
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t's Yank Magazine
People still use mags for this?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:17 am to KAHog
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t's Yank Magazine People still use mags for this?
They did in 1943.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:23 am to WeeWee
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My uncle has it. I will text him and ask him.
Do that... I'll see if I can find it and pick it up... Yank mags are all over e bay... Its just the price and finding a specific one.. BUt we will.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:25 am to WeeWee
Why would some of you miserable fricks down vote this? OP, thanks for sharing this literal CSB!
to the host of those we boast!
to the host of those we boast! 
Posted on 3/25/24 at 10:48 am to WeeWee
My great uncle lost an eye during the Battle of the Bulge. He told me it was so cold, he found a lone German, killed him with a knife and stole his coat.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 11:17 am to WeeWee
My Dad flew unarmed Marine Privateers (the Marine version of the B-24) over Japanese held islands to photograph the Japanese positions and installations. They got shot at - a lot. He was 19 years old and the pilot.
Then, when the war cranked down, they converted his Privateer to a VIP plane and he got to fly around the big wigs (Nimitz, Puller, Howlin' Mad Smith, etc.).
Then, when the war cranked down, they converted his Privateer to a VIP plane and he got to fly around the big wigs (Nimitz, Puller, Howlin' Mad Smith, etc.).
Posted on 3/25/24 at 11:35 am to boxcarbarney
My uncle passed in 2000. During his funeral I learned that he was a turret gunner. He never said a word about it. I finally understood why he gave me a death look when I rolled up in a new mitsubishi.
After my grandma passed in 2007 we found all his military stuff which included japanese money. My wife asked why it was rusty...I said....not rust...dried blood and her jaw dropped.
After my grandma passed in 2007 we found all his military stuff which included japanese money. My wife asked why it was rusty...I said....not rust...dried blood and her jaw dropped.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:22 pm to WWII Collector
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Do that... I'll see if I can find it and pick it up... Yank mags are all over e bay...
It is the August 13th 1943 edition. I could not find it on eBay.
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Its just the price and finding a specific one.. BUt we will.
I found it being sold by a store in France. I probably overpaid but oh well I can afford it and I wanted it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 5:28 pm to WeeWee
Absolute hero. When men were men
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