Warbird Information Exchange

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Ain't no sunshine when she's gone!

Dang, wish they would come to Cavanaugh's....

How close are we to having the last man opening the bottle and toasting his late friends? my heros are leaving us at a very rapid rate.As much as this pains me,I can do nothing to stop this.This generations survivors and members since past, are truely my heros!

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"WHAT ME WORRY?"

maybe 10? I'm sorry if im off. i'm just guessing

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" I am a nobody in aviation, but somebody to my family."

Six left...

http://doolittleraid.com/raiders.htm

Ryan

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Aerial Photographer with Red Wing Aerial Photography currently based at KRBD and tailwheel CFI.
Websites: Texas Tailwheel Flight Training, DoolittleRaid.com and Lbirds.com.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

thanks for the update. i knew there wasn't many. God bless each one of them

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" I am a nobody in aviation, but somebody to my family."

I'll have to keep my eye on this. I'd love to meet some of the Raiders and even talk to Glines. I read "Four Came Home" about a dozen times from my elementary school library when I was a kid. I'd especially like to meet Hite, whose story was featured prominently in that book.

From the schedule, it looks like they'll be having an airshow. Wonder how many B-25s they'll try to get?

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Matt

i truly admire & respect the surviving fraternity's "esprit de corp!!

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

I'm sure that we all have seen "30 seconds over Tokyo" but how many have actually read the book?The book goes much deeper into the journey that Ted Lawson and crew went through.It also shows how close to death he was and how much danger his Chinese saviors put themselves thru.Its a great book and I highly recommend it to any person who is into the Doolittle raid.You only know part of the raid story if you have not read this book.

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"WHAT ME WORRY?"

I don't mean to be morbid or anything, but I am curious. The chalices have been on display at the NMUSAF for the past few years now. Sadly it seems every time I visit one or two more have been turned over, indicating that Raider has Gone West. Is there some sort of ceremony when a chalice is inverted? It will definitely be a sad day when the final one is turned over.

SN

yes we all know of the book. Numerous threads have been made in the past about it. Thank you

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" I am a nobody in aviation, but somebody to my family."