Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: rogerdee on September 25, 2005, 04:34:44 PM
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i went down to a place today where there is small museum run by local chaps intrested in avation.it is inST Osyths near Clacton Essex England and in it are all manor or parts from planes that have been found in the area or out at sea.
there main exhibt is the remains of a mustang that crashed in 1945 1 mile off shore from engine faliure,the pilot ditched in the sea and although rescued by the life boat the poor airman died of exposure.
His name was Raymond E king 479th FG 436th FS another hero forgotten by most except his family and some of the guys in Essex.(http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1127682393_stosyths_0209.jpg)[/IMG] this is the remains of his aircraft brought from the sea its basicly the nose section including engine and part of the wing
this is part of two big cabinets filled with items from his squadron and his family who donated his medals including the purple heart to the musiem(http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1127682450_stosyths_0208.jpg)[/IMG] .
and finaly this is my tribute to a flyer who gave the most precouse thing he could his life too keep me safe and allow me the freedom to do what i do now. with out these and millions of others life would be very different
(http://[img]http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/610_1127682690_raymondmustang.jpg)[/IMG]
its one way i can think of saying thankyou
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479th had no nose colors. They kept the spinner polished metal.
Nice of you to do that one to remember em by though :)
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ill change the nose.
I was reading the gentlemans story when i was looking at his plane and it made me very sad that he died when he was so young and so close to a safe landing.
they guy died younger theni am now and seeing his photos of him and his family so proud so happy and reading the letters his family sent after his plane was found really moved me.
its hard to describe and a lot of the youth now days have no respect for nothing but these service men who fought for us will always have my respect .