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Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
« on: May 15, 2002, 10:38:37 PM »
Digging through some stuff at dad's house, found this one.

Probably at Nadzab with the 345th BG/501st Sqd.

Some of you have seen his posts here as "Panther".
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« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2002, 10:41:22 PM »
...and here's one of him before his first solo in the PT-19 taken at Uvalde, TX. Late 1942 I think.
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2002, 10:45:38 PM »
He's been married to this girl for nearly 60 years now......
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2002, 11:09:00 PM »
Great pics Toad! That middle one is pretty funny too, just the sheer sterotypical "1930's Aviator" getup. :)

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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2002, 11:51:03 PM »
Toad, your dad has great taste in women. :)

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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2002, 02:58:33 PM »
Agreed, looks like he knew a keeper when he saw one. :)

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« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2002, 03:11:55 PM »
Great photo's Toad, ask Panther if he could hike his pants up to the nipple, it doesn't quite look right without going ALL the way up in the 2nd photo ;)

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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2002, 03:21:59 PM »
Rip,

I think that's an AN-S-31 flight suit. It's one of the early ones. The belt fell where ever it fell, depending upon your torso length.
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2002, 03:23:25 PM »
Yeah, I'm pretty fond of his wife myself. :)

I ought to post the one in her wedding dress! She's a Babe-ette.
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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2002, 03:25:11 PM »
Here's the smiling aviator the day he got his wings in San Antonio.
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2002, 04:26:38 PM »
Toad, cool pics.  Ask him if that S.A. pic was taken at Ave. C; the building behind him looks like the current musem at Lackland.

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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2002, 08:39:07 AM »
Great topic and pictures Toad. Thanks very much!

Westy