That was great!
was a pleasure to fly with 550th for the first time in years,
Used to fly with them way back in Warbirds S3's
The Coordination, Navigation and Formation of the Bombers and Escort was very impressive
and as a side note:
I just happend to choose a 90th BG "Jolly Rogers" skin for that mission...
Soon after the mission I logged off and went out to dinner with the girlfriend,
as we were leaving the restaurant, I noticed an Older Gentlemen waring a jacket decorated with WWII patches.
As i got closer i just about jumped out of my shoes,
the patches were from the 90th HBG "Jolly Rogers" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so i walked over and said hello, His name is Albert Rogan, Pilot/Navigator (95 yrs old)
He seemed very excited that i recognized the squad, and him and his wife asked us to sit down, which we did for about 45 min
I explained Aces High to him, and he asked me if he could come over and "watch" the game sometime, he went on to freely tell stories
about Bomber Raids on Japanese controlled oil fields, and times where he had to keep talkin the tail gunner into staying in his spot,
also mentioned that maintaining good Navigation was the most stressfull part of mission,
and that they loved it when the P-38's were able to escort them
Girlfriend was starting to give me the "look" by then,,
So we shook hands and exchanged phone #'s
what a great day
