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OT - Oldest American Ace passes away at 104 - 8/19/2015 5:23:37 PM   
wegman58

 

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/19/ww-ii-fighter-ace-fritz-payne-dies-shot-down-6-warplanes-during-guadalcanal/?intcmp=hplnws
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RE: OT - Oldest American Ace passes away at 104 - 8/19/2015 5:53:52 PM   
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This is not entirely off-topic but is rather sad.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-recover-tuskegee-airman-s-stolen-car-in-st-louis/article_63c75c78-5896-53e0-b747-86c8edd6bac0.html

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RE: OT - Oldest American Ace passes away at 104 - 8/19/2015 8:24:45 PM   
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He certainly had a long and event filled life.... So many others were cut short by that war (and all others), I'm glad to see that some did indeed live to tell the tales...

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RE: OT - Oldest American Ace passes away at 104 - 8/19/2015 8:40:51 PM   
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RIP Fritz.

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RE: OT - Oldest American Ace passes away at 104 - 8/22/2015 1:52:28 PM   
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In the sixties, dad took me to a local Holiday Inn meeting room where we met Adolf Galland, Douglas Bader and Johnny Johnson. It was a sponsored event, cost "fans" something like five bucks to get in.
They were very animated in retelling exploits, and they knew each other intimately.

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RE: OT - Oldest American Ace passes away at 104 - 8/22/2015 5:24:07 PM   
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Here's the NYT obit





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