« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: On this day 73 years ago...  (Read 412 times)

Offline 8thJinx

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 992
On this day 73 years ago...
« on: June 06, 2017, 06:48:29 AM »
On this day, 06:35 local time, 73 years ago, my great uncle Willie (who is still kicking) jumped off an LCVP on to Utah Beach and entered France. 
Logged
Join Date: Nov 2012

B-24H Liberator SN 294837-T, "The Jinx", 848th BS, 490th BG, 8th AF, RAF Station Eye, delivered 1943.  Piloted by Lt. Thomas Keyes, named by by his crew, and adorned with bad luck symbols, the aircraft survived the entire war.

Offline Serenity

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 7313
Re: On this day 73 years ago...
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2017, 07:02:28 AM »
Quote from: 8thJinx on June 06, 2017, 06:48:29 AM
On this day, 06:35 local time, 73 years ago, my great uncle Willie (who is still kicking) jumped off an LCVP on to Utah Beach and entered France.

 :salute A very brave man!

A truly outstanding moment in the history of mankind.
Logged

Offline bozon

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6037
Re: On this day 73 years ago...
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2017, 07:04:47 AM »
Quote from: 8thJinx on June 06, 2017, 06:48:29 AM
On this day, 06:35 local time, 73 years ago, my great uncle Willie (who is still kicking) jumped off an LCVP on to Utah Beach and entered France.
illegal immigration continues in Europe to this day.  :old:
Logged
Mosquito VI - twice the spitfire, four times the ENY.

Click!>> "So, you want to fly the wooden wonder" - <<click!
the almost incomplete and not entirely inaccurate guide to the AH Mosquito.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOWswdzGQs

Offline Kanth

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2462
Re: On this day 73 years ago...
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2017, 07:09:53 AM »

 :rofl   :salute

Quote from: bozon on June 06, 2017, 07:04:47 AM
illegal immigration continues in Europe to this day.  :old:
Logged
Gone from the game. Please see Spikes or Nefarious for any Ahevents.net admin needs.

Offline Nypsy

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 847
Re: On this day 73 years ago...
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2017, 07:32:48 AM »
 :salute
Logged

Offline lunatic1

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2795
Re: On this day 73 years ago...
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2017, 09:34:27 AM »
 :salute
Logged
C.O. of the 173rd Guardian Angels---Don't fire until you can see the whites of their eyes...Major devereux(The Battle Of Wake Island-1941.
R.I.P.49GRIN/GRIN-R.I.P. WWHISKEY R.I.P WIZZY R.I.P.
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »