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01/09/2014 08:43:59 AM · #1 |
This American pilot can be credited with re-igniting the French resistance. All with a very simple dogfight with a German fighter over Paris. He did receive France's highest award. There is no telling how much longer the occupation would have been if he had not done what he did...
check it out
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01/09/2014 08:49:46 AM · #2 |
I saw that yesterday. What an amazing sight that must have been. It's sad to think that we won't have anybody around from that generation before long. |
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01/09/2014 08:57:14 AM · #3 |
Glad he was on our side. A truly brave individual. R.I.P.

Message edited by author 2014-01-09 08:57:46. |
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01/09/2014 09:00:48 AM · #4 |
As one of the comments asked:
How did his balls fit under the tower?
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01/09/2014 09:02:03 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by LN13: As one of the comments asked:
How did his balls fit under the tower? |
actually I kind of wondered that too
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01/09/2014 09:11:29 AM · #6 |
To be fair the tourist groups weren't very large that day. Cool story. |
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01/09/2014 12:18:42 PM · #7 |
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01/09/2014 01:02:36 PM · #8 |
"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots"...
I guess there was at least one. :D
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01/09/2014 04:05:07 PM · #9 |
What a hero! (And handsome, too - the stuff of movies.)
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