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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Film about an early Spitfire
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:27:12 -0700
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Excellent!  Thanks Ira.

Bob


On 4/12/2020 5:33 PM, i erbs wrote:
>
> WW II Recon Pilot.
>
>         This gentleman is why they called it the â??Greatest Generation.â??
>
>                 *An 18 year-old just out of high school was trained to
>                 take pictures of damage done to German targets**by
>                 B-17s. He flew in a British Spitfire fitted with extra
>                 fuel tanks where the guns were. In other words, he
>                 flew over Germany unarmed.  This is probably one of
>                 the best WWII film clips out there. Stored for 61
>                 years in two suitcases of 16 mm home movies that were
>                 inherited by filmmaker William Lorton from his great
>                 uncle who served as a Flight Surgeon. Those suitcases
>                 contained 3 hours of war footage that included a
>                 compelling crash landing of a Spitfire in 1944*
>
>                 *Filmed in a 2005 interview with the now 83 year old
>                 pilot and seeing the expression on his face when he
>                 realizes it is him in the cockpit, is something you
>                 won't soon forget.*
>
>                 *At 18 years old, he was all alone, behind enemy
>                 lines, with no guns, no escort, and he gladly did it.*
>
>                 *They just don't make them like that anymore. It was
>                 truly the greatest generation and we owe them so much.*
>
>                 *Click this link:**American Spitfire Pilot in WWII
>                 
> <https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch_popup%253Fv%253Die3SrjLlcUY%2526sns%253Dem&data=02%257C01%257C%257C2c47a4149b3745959b5e08d7d0dba83b%257C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%257C1%257C0%257C637207514143667030&sdata=jlbgNNcnNUcGF8vW6bfGUpFoee8VtWAbz%252FJMnhcei2Y%253D&reserved=0>*
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland,OR
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> (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
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>
> 1967 MGB MG
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    Excellent!  Thanks Ira.<br>
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    Bob<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/12/2020 5:33 PM, i erbs wrote:<br>
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                                            gentleman is why they called
                                            it the â??Greatest
                                            Generation.â??</span><span
                                            
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style="background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto"><strong><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">An
                                                          18 year-old
                                                          just out of
                                                          high school
                                                          was trained to
                                                          take pictures
                                                          of damage done
                                                          to German
                                                          
targets</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"> <strong>by
                                                          B-17s. He flew
                                                          in a British
                                                          Spitfire
                                                          fitted with
                                                          extra fuel
                                                          tanks where
                                                          the guns were.
                                                          In other
                                                          words, he flew
                                                          over Germany
                                                          unarmed.  This
                                                          is probably
                                                          one of the
                                                          best WWII film
                                                          clips out
                                                          there. Stored
                                                          for 61 years
                                                          in two
                                                          suitcases of
                                                          16 mm home
                                                          movies that
                                                          were inherited
                                                          by filmmaker
                                                          William Lorton
                                                          from his great
                                                          uncle who
                                                          served as a
                                                          Flight
                                                          Surgeon. Those
                                                          suitcases
                                                          contained 3
                                                          hours of war
                                                          footage that
                                                          included a
                                                          compelling
                                                          crash landing
                                                          of a Spitfire
                                                          in 
1944</strong></span><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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style="background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto"><strong><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Filmed
                                                          in a 2005
                                                          interview with
                                                          the now 83
                                                          year old pilot
                                                          and seeing the
                                                          expression on
                                                          his face when
                                                          he realizes it
                                                          is him in the
                                                          cockpit, is
                                                          something you
                                                          won't soon
                                                          
forget.</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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style="background-repeat:repeat;background-image:none;background-size:auto"><strong><span
style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">At
                                                          18 years old,
                                                          he was all
                                                          alone, behind
                                                          enemy lines,
                                                          with no guns,
                                                          no escort, and
                                                          he gladly did
                                                          
it.</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">They
                                                          just don't
                                                          make them like
                                                          that anymore.
                                                          It was truly
                                                          the greatest
                                                          generation and
                                                          we owe them so
                                                          
much.</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>
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link:</span></strong><span
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style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><a
href="https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch_popup%253Fv%253Die3SrjLlcUY%2526sns%253Dem&amp;data=02%257C01%257C%257C2c47a4149b3745959b5e08d7d0dba83b%257C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%257C1%257C0%257C637207514143667030&amp;sdata=jlbgNNcnNUcGF8vW6bfGUpFoee8VtWAbz%252FJMnhcei2Y%253D&amp;reserved=0";
                                                          rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">American Spitfire Pilot in 
WWII</a></span></strong></p>
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                                      <div dir="ltr">Ira Erbs
                                        <div>Portland,OR</div>
                                        <div><span
                                            style="font-family:'Times
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                                            _______                   
 
                                                        
 _______</span><br
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                                            (______ \____1959 BN4____/
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                                        <div>          BT7 engine and
                                          disk brakes</div>
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                                        <div>1967 MGB  <img
                                            
src="http://www.britishcarspecialists.com/assets/images/MG_emblem.jpg";
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                                        <div><span
                                            
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Helvetica
Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">A racing car is an
                                            animal with a thousand
                                            adjustments. Mario 
Andretti</span><br>
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                                        <div>Please excuse random auto
                                          corrects and misspelled words</div>
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