Recent content by grandpapa

Yes I would like to see the shots. The clips though I would not be able to view.. old puter just aint got what it takes. Talkin about Navy though, I served on the Bon Homme Richard in the Gulf of Tonkin. At the end of our tour on line, Squadron Va 125 flew off the last remaining Spads an AD's...

Thanks for the reply Wikipedia and the info. Yes evangilder it was pre-Doolittle, in fact I believe the crash he was involved in was stateside but i'm not totally sure on that. MAN!! When you guysget going on sumpin you really move on it! Most of my activity here would be on the weekends...

What a bunch of characters but it's all good!! Thanks fer the welcome, and I like the pic of the B-25 evangilder, so far the best shot I think I"ve seen of that plane.

I have to say that this has turned into a very interesting web site! congrats to those of you that helped develop it and I hope it stays around for a long time. Came across it while searching for info, and think I will stay a while. Great site! Ton's of info!

Thank you for the reply, I have a feeling I'm going to draw a blamk on this one. Hope not though.

My dad (since passed on), told me years ago that he was a crewman on the Ruptured Duck (pre doolittle). The little information that he gave me, or that I can remember was that he was involved in a crash of the plane at some point in it's history. Fortunatly all he recieved in injuries was a...