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Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: midnight Target on October 17, 2004, 03:30:49 PM

Which famous American Actress is named after a particular WW2 bomber?

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: Toad on October 17, 2004, 03:33:54 PM

Swoosie Kurtz... and I didn't have to Google it, either.

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: john9001 on October 17, 2004, 03:52:34 PM

bert lancaster?

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: ra on October 17, 2004, 04:17:36 PM

:rofl

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: Nilsen on October 17, 2004, 04:24:56 PM

buff daddy ?

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: midnight Target on October 17, 2004, 04:33:58 PM

Toad's right.

Her dad was Captain of the B-17 Alexander the Swoose.

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: Golfer on October 17, 2004, 09:16:51 PM

Reading Lane Wallace's articles, are we?

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: midnight Target on October 17, 2004, 09:24:32 PM

Nope, a very cool book by Mike Wright called "What They Didn't Teach You about WW2"

Fun / interesting  little stories throughout.

Title: Cool WW2 Trivia
Post by: Golfer on October 17, 2004, 09:26:43 PM

Ah, Lane Wallace did a several page column in Flying magazine about the Swoose and all the stories of the families so on and so on.  Good stories.