My favorite WWII bomber

 

 

This one is now parked at Essex County Airport. Giving rides...

My father-in-law was a tail gunner in the 100th bomber group back in WWII. He died on August 31, 2010. The Aluminum Overcast was in NJ that week and the day of his funeral was the day they transitioned the aircraft from Trenton to Fairfield. I spoke with the flight crew that week and offered them $2000 if they could perform a flyover during his funeral but it sadly was too far out of their flight path. Apparently due to the age of the airframe the FAA must pre-approve their flight paths; at least that is what they told me.

 

Sometimes when I'm over my mother-in-law's house I just sit and stare at the WWII era map of Europe he put up in the den with push pins and dates on all the missions he flew; Schweinfurt, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Berlin, Bremen, Frankfurt, Cologne, etc. and think about all of the amazing stories he told me about those missions. I miss that tough old man; he was a walking history book.

 

Is that a serpa holster? Does he know how much danger he is in?!

Is that a serpa holster? Does he know how much danger he is in?!

 

Someone has been playing too much Call of Duty.

Someone has been playing too much Call of Duty.

 

I like the face mask... I think this should be my get up for Halloween this year. The Ghillie suit worked well last year.

I love the look of the painted maxillofacial shield. I just wonder about putting a skull on a medic's shield.

 

 

 

 

I just wonder about putting a skull on a medic's shield.

 

I agree. Unconscious wounded soldier wakes up to that. I'm thinking not the best of ideas.

 

Smooth up in ya!

Dayum!

Some iPhone pics:

sweet 24oz practice amp

 

Wow that's the coolest picture I've seen. Amazing.

^ that's awesome

^^ But that hearing protection's not covering his ears!

^^ But that hearing protection's not covering his ears!

 

Where do I enlist?

^pics like that make me kick myself in the ass for choosing a combat MOS.

 

 

Sure as hell weren't any chic's like that in my battalion..

^pics like that make me kick myself in the ass for choosing a combat MOS.

 

 

Sure as hell weren't any chic's like that in my battalion..

Trust me for Ammo ( Her MOS in the picture), chicks that look that good are still rare. Luckly those numbers are on the rise

 

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^pics like that make me kick myself in the ass for choosing a combat MOS.

 

 

Sure as hell weren't any chic's like that in my battalion..

When I first saw that pic I was told she was in for a USO show and posed on the flight line.

USS New Jersey

 

USS New Jersey

 

 

What I would give to have been able to see that ship in action. The Iowa class ships were so beautiful.

Trust me for Ammo ( Her MOS in the picture), chicks that look that good are still rare. Luckly those numbers are on the rise

 

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Anybody notice the moat around that community? Wish I could have a moat around my house.