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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:20:18 PM EDT
My grandmother just died and going through the pictures I found this. He was an Air Force 1st LT.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:21:02 PM EDT
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Was he Australian?
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:22:19 PM EDT
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Was he Australian? 
No disrespect to the OP's family, it just cracked me up. Awesome photo(s) and my condolences to you and your family. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:22:36 PM EDT
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It must have been took while he was doing a rollover.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:22:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:22:41 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:22:43 PM EDT
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Was he Australian? 
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:22:48 PM EDT
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Was he Australian?
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:23:06 PM EDT
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Mine in Korea. Handsome devil I might add. ( I look exactly like him)
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:23:59 PM EDT
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Fuck it can't get the phone to work. Anyhow there he is.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:24:45 PM EDT
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Other than the first post being hilarious, thanks for sharing OP. Do you know what bomb groups he was in and the years?
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:25:36 PM EDT
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Fuck it can't get the phone to work. Anyhow there he is. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:29:01 PM EDT
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This went from a mediocre thread to fucking awesome.
Thanks for failing, OP. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:29:36 PM EDT
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Respect for the man and the family. Less respect for OP's pic posting ability. As said before, "australian" comment funny, but not disrespect meant.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:30:14 PM EDT
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Was he Australian?
touche' |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:33:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThis thread has gone sideways.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:33:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:35:24 PM EDT
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Here you go . . .
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:39:55 PM EDT
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I inverted the photo for ya https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/346870/image-243204-243219.JPG You inverted that shit twice yo |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:41:05 PM EDT
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Sorry about your loss OP and thanks for sharing the picture of your grandfather.
And thanks for being a good sport about the first post -- he nailed it 
Levity is a panacea for sadness. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:53:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNice pictures. You should be very proud.
Brave soul to fly the Consolidated B-24, hard to control and had a habit of shedding important bits like the control surfaces. If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going. Not willingly at least. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 1:57:50 PM EDT
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Your grandfather, like my grandfather were brave man. I lost my grandfather a long time ago. My grandmother, being in Florida and working for RCA at the time, Who worked on the Mercury Gemini and Apollo missions passed away this morning July 1 she was 90. We are truly losing a fantastic generation of Americans.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 2:16:59 PM EDT
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It always inverts my iphone pictures also.
Cool old pictures. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 3:37:22 PM EDT
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Here you go . . . http://www.fototime.com/83D2B4DF5B9AE20/orig.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/196625/66037.GIF He from what my grandmother told me got out a month or so before the bombs were dropped on Japan. He was a mechanical engineer that went on working for GM. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 6:24:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:33:45 PM EDT
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Can someone tell me what his cover insignia is? I don't think the air force has a flaming skull.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:34:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:37:09 PM EDT
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Air Force should have kept that.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:38:52 PM EDT
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No, but the photographer held the camera upside down when he took those images. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:39:08 PM EDT
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Was he Australian? 
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:39:50 PM EDT
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Uncanny how FPNI !
Its good to see you honoring his memory. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:40:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOK...That's MUCH better!
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:41:04 PM EDT
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Is he wearing a romper?
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:47:35 PM EDT
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Nice pics. The pics I have of my Grandpa in his WWII Marine uniform, and pics of he and my Grandma as a young couple, are some of my most treasured possessions. I love their wedding pic - My Grandpa and his brother/best man didn't wear the stupid monkeysuit tuxedos people do today, just nice suits. And they looked classy as hell. People back then knew how to carry themselves and look good.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 7:53:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2017 8:11:58 PM EDT
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Can someone tell me what his cover insignia is? I don't think the air force has a flaming skull. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 8:13:10 PM EDT
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Can someone tell me what his cover insignia is? I don't think the air force has a flaming skull. Here is a close up of the same hat insignia. 
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Posted: 7/1/2017 8:16:54 PM EDT
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Good thread. Thanks for the photo OP. RIP to your folks.
Can someone tell me the type of plane behind them in the group photo, that thing looks terrifying. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 8:17:23 PM EDT
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The aircraft in the photo is a B-24 Liberator.
It's hard to tell exactly what the shoulder insignia is. I could just be the Air Corps Insignia: 
Or it could be one of the other more specific unit insignias that incorporated the same winged theme, examples: 
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Posted: 7/1/2017 8:23:53 PM EDT
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Thoughts and prayers for you and your family, OP. My grandfather retired as a Lt. Col. and flew the B-24's.
This place is pathetic sometimes. Harassing this dude over the orientation of a picture of his deceased grandfather. Pathetic. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 9:11:28 PM EDT
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That is the Army emblem...the Air Force didn't exist until 1947, so he was in the Army Air Corps. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 9:58:58 PM EDT
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Good thread. Thanks for the photo OP. RIP to your folks. Can someone tell me the type of plane behind them in the group photo, that thing looks terrifying. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:03:54 PM EDT
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My grandma always said he was Air Force, I guess because he flew planes.
I didn't know anything different till posting this. Back in 1991 when I visited him in Hospice dressed in Dress Blues, all he did was smile, he didn't say a word. As a kid, he trained me on the side of the house shooting a rotating target with a Red Ryder. I scored 3rd Award Expert in the Marines because of him, I opted out the fourth because they gave the option. My family has a lot of military, patriots exist in California. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:14:49 PM EDT
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WWII Army Air Corps Officer's hat insignia. Your grandfather was a Lt. Here is a close up of the same hat insignia. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/29/ca/ac/29caac5ce7d08486597f3dc8cd8ad04b.jpg |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:17:15 PM EDT
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The aircraft in the photo is a B-24 Liberator. It's hard to tell exactly what the shoulder insignia is. I could just be the Air Corps Insignia: http://i.ebayimg.com/t/WWII-US-ARMY-AIR-FORCE-INSIGNIA-COLLECTIONS-AAF-WWII-VANTAGE-INSIGNIA-PATCH-/00/s/MTEzN1gxMDg2/z/dLkAAOxydB1SgpeK/$_57.JPG Or it could be one of the other more specific unit insignias that incorporated the same winged theme, examples: http://jandersoncollection.yolasite.com/resources/Picture203.jpg.opt650x486o0%2C0s650x486.jpg |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:17:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:21:02 PM EDT
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Cool pics OP!!
My uncle when he was in the RCAF before the U.S. entered the war. 2nd row from top, 3rd from right.  Attached FilePics of him in the USAAF, he's wearing US wings and Canadian wings.  Attached FileThe last photo of him, 7/31/43, the final briefing before the bombing mission on Ploesti, Rumania. He was the co-pilot and the entire crew were lost while leaving their target after hitting it. 8/1/1943  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:38:01 PM EDT
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My other Grandfather was also ARMY but he was infantry. He was a mean bastard to my dad so I'm not sure there's pictures.
I remember him as a kid that nothing in the world would affect me as long as he was near me. |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:44:15 PM EDT
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Thank for sharing. So young! But I think about how that generation was & compare it to today's entitled, whiney useless kids who are the same age & ask:
How did things get so fucked up? If our 20-30yo had to deal with WWII now, we'd be goose stepping & sprechen Deutsch. But I digress -- thank you |
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:52:20 PM EDT
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I have more pictures, when the dust settles I might make another thread, until then happy Independence Day. Cheers.
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Posted: 7/1/2017 10:52:35 PM EDT
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Double tap
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