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Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Toad on May 15, 2002, 10:38:37 PM

Digging through some stuff at dad's house, found this one.

Probably at Nadzab with the 345th BG/501st Sqd.

Some of you have seen his posts here as "Panther".

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Toad on May 15, 2002, 10:41:22 PM

...and here's one of him before his first solo in the PT-19 taken at Uvalde, TX. Late 1942 I think.

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Toad on May 15, 2002, 10:45:38 PM

He's been married to this girl for nearly 60 years now......

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: GRUNHERZ on May 15, 2002, 11:09:00 PM

Great pics Toad! That middle one is pretty funny too, just the sheer sterotypical "1930's Aviator" getup. :)

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: hblair on May 15, 2002, 11:51:03 PM

Toad, your dad has great taste in women. :)

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: midnight Target on May 16, 2002, 02:58:33 PM

Agreed, looks like he knew a keeper when he saw one. :)

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Ripsnort on May 16, 2002, 03:11:55 PM

Great photo's Toad, ask Panther if he could hike his pants up to the nipple, it doesn't quite look right without going ALL the way up in the 2nd photo ;)

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Toad on May 16, 2002, 03:21:59 PM

Rip,

I think that's an AN-S-31 flight suit. It's one of the early ones. The belt fell where ever it fell, depending upon your torso length.

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Toad on May 16, 2002, 03:23:25 PM

Yeah, I'm pretty fond of his wife myself. :)

I ought to post the one in her wedding dress! She's a Babe-ette.

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Toad on May 16, 2002, 03:25:11 PM

Here's the smiling aviator the day he got his wings in San Antonio.

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: Gadfly on May 16, 2002, 04:26:38 PM

Toad, cool pics.  Ask him if that S.A. pic was taken at Ave. C; the building behind him looks like the current musem at Lackland.

Title: Old Photo: "Panther" New Guinea
Post by: K West on May 17, 2002, 08:39:07 AM

Great topic and pictures Toad. Thanks very much!

Westy