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Old 05-23-2007, 12:09 AM   # 10 Quick Link (permalink)
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Re: Your most admired combat pilot(s) stories.

I always enjoy listening to "Bud" Anderson tell of his dog fighting in WWII. As well as the time his groundcrew stayed up all night to strip the paint off of the airplane so that he could fly in bare metal the next day.

I have that on video, "Bud" really chokes up telling that story. He is such a modest gentleman yet he is made of steel.

I think one thing that seems to be common among these pilots is that they all had a determination to do the job no matter what the odds or cost to themselves. They all had such a strong believe in what they were doing and the word failure didnt exist to them.

As to my favourite story, well I just cannot answer that one , there are so many. Let me think awhile.
 

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