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collshubby
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From: Madisonville, Louisiana
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posted 05-16-2004 03:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for collshubby   Click Here to Email collshubby     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Col. Robert Morgan, commander of the famed B-17 bomber Memphis Belle, died on Saturday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040516/ap_on_re_us/obit_morgan&cid=519&ncid=716

I have always believed that the B-17 was the best non-jet aircraft to ever fly.

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AuthenticItems
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posted 05-16-2004 10:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AuthenticItems   Click Here to Email AuthenticItems     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was at an air show 2 years he was at, he was a very nice man and signed for everyone free of charge. Two tents over Paul Tibbets was charging...

Gilbert
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posted 05-17-2004 01:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gilbert   Click Here to Email Gilbert     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My good friend Al Hallonquist got my Memphis Belle B-17 model signed by Robert Morgan at an air show in Florida late last year. He also got Paul Tibbets on my Enola Gay model at the same show. Both were free.
Thanks again Al!

Hawkman
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posted 05-17-2004 10:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Hawkman   Click Here to Email Hawkman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by collshubby:
I have always believed that the B-17 was the best non-jet aircraft to ever fly.

Amen. Those things brought many a crew back when they were all shot to sh*t and missing pieces! :-)

spaceuk
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posted 05-19-2004 04:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaceuk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Didn't the Bokscar pilot (Nagasaki bomb flight) die recently as well ?

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Gilbert
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posted 05-19-2004 04:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Gilbert   Click Here to Email Gilbert     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes. Fred Olivi (co-pilot Bockscar) died a few weeks ago in Chicago.

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