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04-14-2006, 04:35 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: City of the Angels California
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| Another great ace passes http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/us/13christensen.html Fred Christensen will be missed by me. I loved his intellect and great stories like going round and round with Adolf Galland once. 
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04-14-2006, 04:39 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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04-14-2006, 05:50 PM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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04-14-2006, 06:13 PM
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04-15-2006, 06:27 AM
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04-20-2006, 04:41 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Londonium
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| not many left now, at least we can preserve some of their memories and stories through websites such as this
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04-20-2006, 06:20 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| I believe I had the honour of meeting Mr. Christensen back in 1980-81 at an Aces Convention, just before my Grandfather got sick.... Excellent gentleman, and another Great Ace that will be very much missed....
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04-20-2006, 07:13 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| So many of the old fellas are dropping these days. God bless 'em all. |
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