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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Guppy35 on April 25, 2007, 11:38:34 PM
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Anyone who has read 8th AF history, and in particular about the B17 in the ETO knows the name Robert Rosenthal, better known as Rosie.
Rosie flew 52 missions as a pilot with the 100th BG. They got their name the "Bloody Hundreth" after a raid to Munster where 13 B17s went out and only one returned. That was Rosie and his crew on Rosie's Riveters.
His exploits are legendary and he apparently was one heckuva good man too.
He passed away on April 20th
Rosie and crew. Rosie is 2nd from left in the front row.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/Rosie.jpg)
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Rosie!
Thank you for fighting when it was time to fight.
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I'm sooooooooooooo glad this isn't about that big mouth on the "view"
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=S= i just hope no one forgets what he or any of them have done for us
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Dan, was this the same Rosenthal that on a bombing mission, his fort ended up colliding with a second fort in formation over Germany? I'm at work so I dont have the story in front of me.
As I recall, both of the B-17's were stuck together until the pilot (Rosenthal in this case) managed to save his plane and crew. I'll see if I can find the story when I get home. I do know that it was with the 100th Bomber Group.
Obie
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Salute Rosie!
With the loss of another warrior from the Greatest Generation I'm drawn to comment.
For the past year, I've been working on a project with two goals: one to write a fictionalized story of my father's exploits and adventures during WWII. He crewed a B-29 flying the Hump out of India to China, and bombed Japan from Tinian. He was also involved in the conflict of the 1947 Partition of India after the war.
And second, to try to learn, understand and if I can, actually get feel for what it was like to live through that war and on the homefront. What was their day-to-day world? How and why did they laugh, cry, fight and then leave it all behind to go home and rebuild the world?
Just last night I was researching Operation Matterhorn, B-29's, the 20th AAF, and other units. I'm also starting to contact unit associations to find anyone who remembers my father, or can shed light on certain exploits. While there is still hope, I've sadly come to realize I will be very lucky to find someone who remembers him as these gallant men and women are going so fast from our midst.
The reason I'm so concerned is, while I remember the many "war stories" my father told me and my family when I was young, in his later years we only occasionally talked of his experiences. I realize now just how much I don't know and how many questions I have that he's not here to answer.
So with this salute to Rosie, I encourage anyone who has a relative who served in WWII, on the war front or the home front, or knows of a veteran as a friend or neighbor, that you take any and every opportunity to talk with them. Get to know and understand their "real" experience as best you can. Honor them with your interest and patient listening, and remember time is short.
They and their membories will be gone too soon from our grasp, but we can remember their ultimate fight for freedom forever.
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Tailwinds forever Mr. Rosenthal <
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The losses sustained by the 8th airforce make horrific reading,
to this man and all the others.
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Rosie!
My uncle was a waist gunner with the 100th. His plane went down the next mission to Bremen after he completed his tour.
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I am really sad to hear this news.
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Rosie!
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Originally posted by Bucky73
I'm sooooooooooooo glad this isn't about that big mouth on the "view"
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i was....i thought ti wasgoing to say she died, or something like that
But it isreally sad to lose someone like Rosie to you and the bloody 100th!!!!!
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my great grandfather was a pilot of a b17 of the 8th air force. hes 84 years old. was rosie in the 8th air force? if he was Ill ask my great grandfather i.f he knowed rosie
p51srule:aok
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~Salute~ Rosie, and thank you for your service, Blue Skies for you
I participated in quite a few missions with the Warbirds "Bloody Hundredth"
and spent alot of time reading about the real 100th HBG
This has always been one of my favourite squads, and Rosie's Riviter
was my favourite B-17
would be nice to have the skin in here
Rosie's Riviter Profile (http://www.100thbg.com/spotlight/styling/pages/rosie.htm)
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Rosie!!
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Rosie
Thank you
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and RIP
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Rosie.
I bet David Duchovny could play him in the movie.