THE "LAST POST " HAS SOUNDED FOR ANOTHER WW2 RAF HERO.

[Fibber]

THE "LAST POST " HAS SOUNDED FOR ANOTHER WW2 RAF HERO.

Another of "Old Blighty's" heroes has taken the eternal flight. God speed to you:salute:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obi...ies/7594928/Wing-Commander-Alan-Red-Owen.html

 

[flying_spud]

Thanks for that link, another one sadly gone.

Shows what the combination of a great pilot and a great plane could do.

RIP

 

[demorier]

respectfully yours.

 

[OBIO]

RIP sir. You did very well. Fly now with your brothers on the other side.


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This paragraph made me chuckle:

Return fire from the enemy bomber damaged the Beaufighter's undercarriage, and Owen crash-landed at his base. As it slid across the airfield, the Beaufighter collided with a Spitfire, a concrete mixer and a fuel tanker – all of which some wag added to their tally on the squadron score board – before finally smashing into a wall. The aircraft was completely wrecked.

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OBIO

 

[tonybones2112]

RIP sir. You did very well. Fly now with your brothers on the other side.


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This paragraph made me chuckle:

Return fire from the enemy bomber damaged the Beaufighter's undercarriage, and Owen crash-landed at his base. As it slid across the airfield, the Beaufighter collided with a Spitfire, a concrete mixer and a fuel tanker – all of which some wag added to their tally on the squadron score board – before finally smashing into a wall. The aircraft was completely wrecked.

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OBIO

Well, the tanker, the mixer, and the wall should have been added credit as ground targets.

Bones