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Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Fri May 24, 2013 7:25 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLl ... ture=share




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Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Fri May 24, 2013 8:05 pm

Beyond cool!!!!!!

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Fri May 24, 2013 9:25 pm

Certainly the boys in blue don't receive nearly the credit that is due.


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And if in his shoes, I can just imagine how many noses I'd break of those telling me one can't get to Berlin and back in a Spit. :spit :drink3:

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Fri May 24, 2013 9:35 pm

God I love that! You see that twinkle in his eye! For a moment he was a young man again and back there! That's exactly why we do what we do! Can't see that enough!

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Fri May 24, 2013 9:42 pm

That was great. It makes you wonder how many other stories like those are still out there.

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Fri May 24, 2013 10:15 pm

Very good !!Hope you dont mind , i posted this on the aces high forum , thought they would like to see it . :spit

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Fri May 24, 2013 11:51 pm

That was awesome! I love that kind of stuff. Thanks for posting the link.

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Sat May 25, 2013 12:48 am

That is incredible. Kudos to the guys that took the time to track him down. Great stuff. As was mentioned before, the look in his eyes when he realized that was footage of him is priceless...thanks for posting the link.

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Sat May 25, 2013 5:08 am

What a fantastic story. Great to have documentation of a first person story.

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Sat May 25, 2013 8:12 am

That really was interesting. Thanks for posting it up!

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Sat May 25, 2013 1:56 pm

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Like Ken said, that's why we do what we do.

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Sat May 25, 2013 3:24 pm

Awesome short, thanks for the link.

greg v

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Sat May 25, 2013 4:05 pm

That is beyond wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing it!

Re: Spitfire pilot sees WW2 film of his belly landing

Sat May 25, 2013 4:57 pm

Great story!!!!
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