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Offline Bino

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R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« on: August 26, 2010, 08:10:37 AM »
Marcel Albert, one of the leading French fighters pilots of World War II, died Monday in Harlingen, Texas at the age of 92.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/world/europe/26albert.html?ref=todayspaper

http://aerostories.free.fr/pil_cha_fr/albert/page2.html


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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2010, 08:47:52 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2010, 09:09:11 AM »
How many Jerries did he bag? :neener:
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2010, 10:13:24 AM »
How many Jerries did he bag? :neener:

23

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Edit: some sources also say 24 and 22.
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010, 12:11:53 PM »
23

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Edit: some sources also say 24 and 22.

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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2010, 12:38:59 PM »
Yikes!

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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2010, 05:42:27 PM »
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2010, 05:43:34 PM »
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2010, 05:50:44 PM »
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2010, 07:13:45 PM »
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2010, 06:10:34 AM »
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Re: R.I.P. Marcel Albert
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2010, 07:31:57 AM »
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Looks like he lived a very busy life.
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