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Re: Masters of the Air

In October, 2006 I took a hard swipe at the Swiss and why anyone would want to own a plane in a Swiss livery. Needless to say I took some incoming from other forum members, and was threatened to banishment by one of the moderators. fficeffice" />>>
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I recently received “Masters of the Air: America’s bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany” by Donald L. Miller. I’m past the half-way mark of text, (519 pps), and have just finished Chapter Twelve: “Prisoners of the Swiss.” If you do nothing else, at least get your >>
hands on this magnificent work and read this hard to read episode.. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.>>
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The book has been an emotional read for me since I grew up during WW II and had family, friends and neighbors who fought and died with their fellow aircrews in the 8th Air Force. >>
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So, am I right in guessing you also never buy, and can't see why anyone else would buy, German, Japanese, or Italian (Fascist Regime) WW II models?

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