I come from a family of heroes, my father and his oldest brother both flew TBF's, the middle brother flew reconnaissance for Paton and his 3rd Army; he flew a puddle jumper of a plane that was hard for the Messerschmidts to shoot down because they were so fast and he was so slow and could fly down along narrow roads in the trees. My gra…
I come from a family of heroes, my father and his oldest brother both flew TBF's, the middle brother flew reconnaissance for Paton and his 3rd Army; he flew a puddle jumper of a plane that was hard for the Messerschmidts to shoot down because they were so fast and he was so slow and could fly down along narrow roads in the trees. My grandfather told me that the happiest day of his life was the day all 3 of his sons returned from the war alive. We are lucky, our parents generation truly was a genreation of heroes.
I come from a family of heroes, my father and his oldest brother both flew TBF's, the middle brother flew reconnaissance for Paton and his 3rd Army; he flew a puddle jumper of a plane that was hard for the Messerschmidts to shoot down because they were so fast and he was so slow and could fly down along narrow roads in the trees. My grandfather told me that the happiest day of his life was the day all 3 of his sons returned from the war alive. We are lucky, our parents generation truly was a genreation of heroes.