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| Senior Member | Willi Reschke & Joe Owsianik -meeting after 63 years Hello flyboys, I temporary have my American friends on visit here- Joseph P. Owsianik, a former left waist gunner from a B-17G, ser. # 42-97159, "Tail End Charlie" and his grand son Nic Mevoli. This B-17G was shot down on August 29th, 1944 and Joe managed to bail out. Whole 20th Sqdn from 2nd BG was erased from the sky. We just came back from Germany, where Joe´s big dream came true- on August 28th, 2007, after 63 years, he met Willi Reschke, a former German fighter, that flew his Bf109G-6 on that day and shot down one of those B-17G´s. What a wonderful moment for them and me! Enjoy these pictures friends!
__________________ ![]() Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Last edited by seesul; 08-30-2007 at 06:19 AM. |
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| Awesome shots, and you right. It probably was a once in a life time moment for you. With all the WWII vets passing away now due to age. Very cool.
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| Senior Member | Thank you Micdraw, as you said, once in a life for me, but I´m happy for them. You could feel the touch of history and the message for the future generations. Got to quit now as my American friends are here and I have to care for them. But not only me. I´m happy I have a lot of good friends and family around me. Without them I´d never be able to organize all these things conected to their trip. Our American friends leave us on Monday 3rd...
__________________ ![]() Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| Cool shots. |
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| Siggy Master ![]() Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland
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| Ahoj Roman !!! One of the best days in you life,great.And cool pics of course. zdrawim, Wojtek
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| the old Sage ![]() Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| good to see the two warriors finally meet, and good for you Roman for getting this all set-up, 2 old adversaries putting things aside and sitting and chatting together a hearty congratulations ` WELL DONE FRIEND ! enjoy the continued time together and my regards to both men and all of your team and to Jan Zdiarsky my friend.... he has a wonderful museum as well Erich ~
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado, USA
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| Thanks for the pics.
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| Very, very cool!!!!!
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| Der Crewchief ![]() Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Yes that is very cool.
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| Senior Member | Hello friends, just found a few minutes in my friend´s office now so I wanna thank you for your messages. My American friends are still here with us. We just finished one interview with one newspaperman, that wants to write an article about Joe´s story. Nice weekend
__________________ ![]() Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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| Yes, awesome, IS the word, thanks for sharing this event. |
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| Senior Member | Hi V2, btw, Owsianik´s parents were born in Krakow and moved to the States in 1898... Greetings from Zlin, Czech Republic
__________________ ![]() Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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| Senior Member | Quote:
world is not so big... Polish peoples ( and Czech too, I think ) are all over the world...
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| Senior Member | Quote:
I only noted you´re from Krakow as well...
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