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Offline ozrocker

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James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« on: May 08, 2014, 03:11:57 PM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2014, 03:14:57 PM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2014, 07:39:42 PM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2014, 07:55:32 PM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2014, 09:37:48 PM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2014, 12:22:43 AM »
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Goodson's total of 30 includes 15 ground kills.

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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2014, 07:29:57 AM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2014, 08:27:04 AM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2014, 08:41:16 AM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2014, 09:00:56 AM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2014, 11:57:01 AM »
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Re: James Goodson WW2 ace with 30 kills passes.
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2014, 01:57:59 PM »
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