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| Thread ID: 138611 | 2014-12-25 20:21:00 | The Flight of old 666 - When Men Were Men | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
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| 1390871 | 2014-12-25 20:21:00 | Here's the story of the single most-decorated flight mission in all of WW II. Two Medals of Honor, seven Distinguished Flying Crosses and six Purple Hearts were awarded the crew of this WWII mission. This is a video showing awesome courage against impossible odds by some very brave Americans. Click LINK below with sound on... voxvocispublicus.homestead.com The Flight of Old 666 |
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| 1390872 | 2014-12-25 21:45:00 | Here we go.............. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1390873 | 2014-12-25 21:52:00 | Merry Christmas you Grumpy Old Fool :) PS. Should lovers be Frank and Earnest, or should one of them be a girl? :D |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1390874 | 2014-12-25 22:57:00 | Merry Christmas you Grumpy Old Fool :) PS. Should lovers be Frank and Earnest, or should one of them be a girl? :DFrank and Earnest are friends, so no funny business. And a happy New year to you, you young twerp ;) |
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| 1390875 | 2014-12-26 01:12:00 | Awww shucks you guys... I can feel the man love. Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1390876 | 2014-12-26 04:02:00 | Young!?? Ha :) |
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| 1390877 | 2014-12-26 04:15:00 | Ken and I have gained wisdom, that can only come from time, others such we will not say who simply get old and decay. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1390878 | 2014-12-26 04:51:00 | Great bit of footage, :thanks with the sort of attitude those guys had they can go a long way. Like the bit where they say "nobody will fly it anymore because every time it goes out it gets shot to hell" :) Well it certainly lived up to that even with the extra guns on board. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1390879 | 2014-12-27 00:42:00 | Thanks :thumbs: Zippity - I really enjoyed that video . Here is another vid ( . youtube . com/watch?v=07eFGkydGZs" target="_blank">www . youtube . com)about 666 and Capt Zeamer, 20 minutes . Here is "The Most Honored Photograph" ( . com/2013/10/29/honored-photograph/" target="_blank">petapixel . com) taken by old 666 . Certainly a different sort of pilot: Jay Zeamer wasn’t a photographer by trade . He was mostly a wanna-be pilot . He looked good on paper, having graduated with a degree in civil engineering from MIT, joining the Army Air Corps, and receiving his wings in March, 1941 . He was a B-26 bomber co-pilot when World War II started . His classmates all rapidly became lead pilots and squadron leaders, but not Jay . He couldn’t pass the pilot check tests despite trying numerous times . He was a good pilot, but just couldn’t seem to land the B-26 . Landing, from what I’ve read, was considered one of the more important qualifications for a pilot . Stuck as a co-pilot while his classmates and then those from the classes behind him were promoted, he got bored and lost all motivation . Things came to a head when co-pilot Zeamer fell asleep while his plane was in flight . Not just in flight, but in flight through heavy anti-aircraft fire during a bombing run . He only woke when the pilot beat him on the chest because he needed help . His squadron commander had him transferred to a B-17 squadron in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea where he was allowed to fly as a fill-in navigator and occasionally as a co-pilot . He was well liked and popular — on the ground . But no one wanted to fly with him . The B-17 had received nearly 200 machine gun and five cannon hits . The flaps and brakes were inoperable, but Zeamer managed to land the aircraft at Dobodura without further injury . With about 120 metal fragments in his body, Zeamer's life hung in the balance for several days, but in the end, he survived . Jay Zeamer died in 2007, age 88 . Here is the obit . ( . mishalov . com/zeamer-obit . html" target="_blank">www . mishalov . com) |
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