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8th Air Force B-17 navigator wants to meet you

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  1. 07-03-2005 02:53 AM #1
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    8th Air Force B-17 navigator wants to meet you

    This Yank 8th Air Force B-17 navigator (35 missions against the 3rd Reich) will be answering questions, signing copies of my epic novel, participating in forums and generally trying very hard not to make too much a fool of myself before my adoring public at the Flying Legends Air Show at Duxford on July 9 and at the Aircrew Forum at Bletchley Hall on July 12. Perhaps some of you blokes may wish to meet with me.
    Sam Halpert www.b17sam.com
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    35 missions on B-17 from 9Sept44 (Ludwigshafen) to 3Feb45 (Berlin)
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  2. 07-03-2005 04:02 AM #2
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    wow a real veteran on here!! welcome, and i hope you enjoy your stay, it sounds like you could have allot to bring the site!!

    and sorry if i start slagging off the B-17 too much.........

    "Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy."
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  3. 07-03-2005 09:17 AM #3
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    LOL.... For some reason i think its more promotional than actual interest in our little site...

    Welcome if u are here for awhile... Care to share some experiences with us??? What posistion did u operate on the -17????



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  4. 07-03-2005 09:25 AM #4
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    35 missions, wow! Few crews made that number. What group and squadron were you in?


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  5. 07-03-2005 10:51 AM #5
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    A brief reply to queries on my original post to this forum ---
    1. I enjoyed and participated in the previous incarnation of this WWII Forum until it ran into some problems a few months ago. I have returned after receiving an e-mail from the administrator advising me of its revival.
    2. Perhaps my post was somewhat promotional, but it was intended as an invitation, and it was and is sincere.
    3. I completed 35 B-17 missions as navigator with the 324th Squadron (home of the Memphis Belle), 91st Bomb Group at Bassingbourn.
    4. For pictures and information about my tour, go to www.b17sam.com
    5. This visit to the U.K. shall perhaps be a bit different than the one I made in '44. I look forward to meeting you again.
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    Very Cool Sam...



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  7. 07-03-2005 11:15 AM #7
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    Nice site, Sam! It's good to see you here in this corner of the web. I won't be going to the Duxford event as I am in California. If you get out this direction, please let us know.


    > I Support Doug Gilliss <

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    I may well bump into you Mr Halpert as I'm down at Duxford this weekend
    The comment you made about your UK visit being somewhat different to 1944 rings very true as a lot of my old mans comrades have said the self same thing to me on visiting the D-Day landing grounds.If you're not swamped by admirers and autograph hunters I would like the honour of shaking your hand sir. If I don't see you I hope your visit is a pleasant one and I am sure it will stir some sad as well as happy memories for you.
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  9. 07-03-2005 01:35 PM #9
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    Sam good to see you here on these forums. We have chatted together on ww2n as well as privately in the past. Gents please welcome one of USA's B-17 veterans if you will..........

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  10. 07-03-2005 01:41 PM #10
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    Welcome Sam!
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    Welcome, Sam. I hope I'll get the chance to shake your hand on July 9th, as I'll be in Duxford.
    "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004

    To those in that club.
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    Welcome, Sam.
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    G'day Sam, Welcome!

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    Enjoy your time and I might seeya tomorrow (Duxford)

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