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Title: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: Guppy35 on August 14, 2009, 12:54:49 AM
...from another forum.

At Oshkosh the Patillo brothers who flew combat with the 352nd FG were matched up with two restored P51Ds in each of their markings.  A nice thread with some great photos of them with the two 51s along with shots of them flying wing again in 'their' P51s.

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=31495&sid=4f76b13f14637ec6b32bea9daa81a33e

(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n46/Banshee55/Oshkosh%202009/image007.jpg)
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: Dinan on August 14, 2009, 01:00:44 AM
I bet they wished they were in the front rather than the back.  :D  None the less a awesome event.   :salute Patillo Bros.
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: Masherbrum on August 14, 2009, 01:23:24 AM
Dan, thanks for the nice read.   
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: 100hooch on August 14, 2009, 03:27:28 AM
WOW!  Are those the actual airframes?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?  What are the odds of getting two surviving brothers and their planes together 55 years later?

What an awesome story!  That might be the best story we see on these boards all year -- maybe ever.  Thanks for sharing, man!
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: SlapShot on August 14, 2009, 07:43:56 AM
Nice
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: CountD90 on August 14, 2009, 10:24:06 AM
GREAT story

big  :salute to them
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: 5PointOh on August 14, 2009, 10:54:57 AM
Those gents are cooler than Rockstars...thanks for sharing Dan
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: SlapShot on August 14, 2009, 12:16:00 PM
I live next door to a gent that was a tail gunner out of Italy ... had to bail twice and has 7 kills notched on his belt ... quite the character.
Title: Re: A nice 352nd FG story....
Post by: PK1Mw on August 14, 2009, 12:17:04 PM
No matter how many stories you read, things like this never get old. Thanks Dan!