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Willi Reschke & Joe Owsianik -meeting after 63 years
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I temporary have my American friends on visit here- Joseph P. Owsianik, a former left waist gunner from ... |
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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!
Last edited by seesul; 08-30-2007 at 05:19 AM.
...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.
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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.
"Valor does not mean Hero."
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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...
...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.
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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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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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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
...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.
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"A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible."
- Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II -
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Yes, awesome, IS the word, thanks for sharing this event.
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Originally Posted by
v2 
Hi V2,
btw, Owsianik´s parents were born in Krakow and moved to the States in 1898...
Greetings from Zlin, Czech Republic
...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.
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Originally Posted by
seesul Hi V2,
btw, Owsianik´s parents were born in Krakow and moved to the States in 1898...
Greetings from Zlin, Czech Republic
Hello Seesul,
world is not so big...
Polish peoples ( and Czech too, I think ) are all over the world...
"A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible."
- Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II -
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Originally Posted by
v2 Hello Seesul,
world is not so big...
Polish peoples ( and Czech too, I think ) are all over the world...
Yes,
I only noted you´re from Krakow as well...
...in memory of my friend Joe Owsianik, a former right waist gunner from B-17G, 42-97159 from 2ndBG 20th Sqdn, who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. Joe passed away on Novemer 1, 2010.
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