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Offline jarbo

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A little history............
« on: April 21, 2013, 05:03:07 AM »
Just wanted to share............

My grandfather, David McDowell,  flew in WWII in VMF 124



Here is a citation for his air medal



Before he passed away, all we knew was that he flew corsairs in the war. Nothing else.
My aunt found a box with this stuff, including the citation. 

From that I did some web searches and found this pic. 
He is 3rd from left middle row.



My sons middle name, David, is in his honor.

Jarbo

 











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Offline BluBerry

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2013, 05:35:07 AM »
wow very cool!  :salute
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Offline thedoom26

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2013, 05:59:24 AM »
 :salute :salute My Great Grandfather was a Navigator in a Lancaster, Its Amazing what Our Ancestors did,   :salute If he would have died over Germany, I would never bin born, Its crazy, Jarbo, this is super super Interesting, I Respect you and your family
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Re: A little history............
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2013, 07:39:17 AM »
 :cheers:
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Offline TOMCAT21

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2013, 08:17:04 AM »
great share Jarbo..... :salute :aok :cheers:
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Offline SmokinLoon

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2013, 08:42:40 AM »
 :salute  Good for you in recognizing your grandfather.   :salute

It is always great when players have not only a direct affiliation with someone who flew aircraft in WWII (parent, grandparent, uncle, neighbor, etc), but is/was able to directly connect with that experience in any manner by means of stories, pictures, logs, notes, letters, etc. 

I wish others would step up. 

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Offline shiv

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2013, 08:48:47 AM »
Very nice Jarbo.  :salute
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Offline Waldo

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2013, 08:51:05 AM »
 Cool stuff, thanks for sharing.  :aok
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Offline F77

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2013, 08:55:51 AM »
 :salute - Great share

Perhaps we could have a forum devoted to the stories and research of our serving relatives?  I'm sure there are member's of our comunity that have resources or interest in helping others find out more too.
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Offline Flench

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2013, 09:06:48 AM »
Very cool
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Re: A little history............
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2013, 11:42:03 AM »
Way cool!  <S>  Man...just think of what could have been lost had your aunt not found this.
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Offline kilz

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Re: A little history............
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2013, 12:38:55 PM »
Very cool
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Re: A little history............
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2013, 12:45:17 PM »
 :cheers: :salute
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Re: A little history............
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2013, 01:09:41 PM »
And he flew that beutiful bent wing bird!!! :joystick: :rock :x :banana:
Who knows what wouldve happened if it was any other plane :noid

that is simply awsome jarbo!!!
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Re: A little history............
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2013, 07:45:35 PM »
Thanks for posting.  :aok
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