Earl "Dutch" Miller played Air Warrior in the late 90's. He flew P-39's and P-47's during the war. He had great stories and was a wealth of info. Also a really nice fella.
+Tiff/Slack has wealth of info on him and even met the gentleman.
https://www.lacrosselibrary.org/sites/default/files/u117/10-earl_miller_p-47_thunderbolt_pilot.pdf (https://www.lacrosselibrary.org/sites/default/files/u117/10-earl_miller_p-47_thunderbolt_pilot.pdf)
https://couleecremation.com/earl-dutch-miller/ (https://couleecremation.com/earl-dutch-miller/)
Wasn't Earl one of the B17 bomber groups here in AH?
ET was a bomber pilot that flew both bombers and P51s (all though the p51s were not in combat conditions). He was super great guy and could whip the sorriest bomber pilot into shape in about two flights. Later in his game flying he would take off and sneak a nap in at times which usually led to him waking 30 mins later way of course and he was hilarious about it.
ET was a bomber pilot that flew both bombers and P51s (all though the p51s were not in combat conditions). He was super great guy and could whip the sorriest bomber pilot into shape in about two flights. Later in his game flying he would take off and sneak a nap in at times which usually led to him waking 30 mins later way of course and he was hilarious about it.
Wasn't Earl one of the B17 bomber groups here in AH?
Two different Earls. Earl Miller flew in AW. He flew P-39s and P-47s in North Africa and Italy during the war, and F-80s after. He didn't make the transition to AH.
The other Earl was AH handle "ET." He flew a wide variety of planes, was revered here for realistically leading bomber missions, and almost literally died online in his final illness.
Great people and heroes, both of them.
- oldman
Vilkas, conscripted by the Germans at 13 years old in Lithuania and sent to the Eastern Front.
Vilkas flew with our squad JG 11 for many years, he passed maybe 8-10 years ago now.
Somewhere we have a lot more information about his time during WW2.
There was an event years ago in the old Warbirds sim where several 332 Fighter Squadron pilots participated in a special scenario. I lasted about 15 minutes before being shot down by a fellow player and not one of the Red Tail pilots.
The other Earl was AH handle "ET." He flew a wide variety of planes, was revered here for realistically leading bomber missions, and almost literally died online in his final illness.
Great people and heroes, both of them.
- oldman
:salute So much fun to fly with. Loved when he would start singing./quote]
Ahhh Good Ol Walter aka Vilkas my wife and I would talk to him a lot on something like discord but it was some other talk app. He always hearing about my wife’s deserts and we tried to figure out how to send him a birthday cake for his birthday one year but the cost were outrageous to send from the US to Canada so unfortunately he never had the good desserts my wife could make. 10thmd and I still keep in touch In another game and we always talk about Vilkas history and his singing. Miss my Birthday month Buddy and remember the first time I took him up in a B29 in the game he loved the guns!!!! And Ron ya were also an escort in that run and I forgot who the other JG-11 guys were.