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Offline avionix

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Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« on: January 30, 2020, 11:23:07 AM »
Sad to see the Greatest Generation passing away silently into the long dark night. Some of the bravest people to have lived.  :salute

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Re: Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2020, 02:08:07 PM »
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Re: Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2020, 02:10:27 PM »
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Re: Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2020, 05:32:23 PM »
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Re: Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2020, 08:43:51 AM »
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Re: Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2020, 10:35:16 AM »
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Re: Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2020, 11:03:20 AM »
Yep in the last 2 months I lost both my grandfathers who were in the service back then; one was on his way to the pacific as a gunner/lead NCO/flight mechanic on his PV-1 when the war ended and the other was my dad's father that was in the invasion of Luzon.
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Re: Last Battle of Britain Ace Passes
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2020, 11:03:49 AM »
 :salute Fair skies and tailwinds forever.
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