And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That is a late 1943 early 1944 TBF -3 with 1944 markings. I hope the turret gunner and RO got out. Those things sank like stones. Its how GHW Bush lost his crew. They were considered death traps by the crews if ditched.---Ray
Was that George H. W.'s ride?
ReplyDeleteCan't be 41, our aircraft had a red dot in the center of the star and Avengers were not in service in 1941 but 1942.
ReplyDeleteThat is a late 1943 early 1944 TBF -3 with 1944 markings. I hope the turret gunner and RO got out. Those things sank like stones. Its how GHW Bush lost his crew. They were considered death traps by the crews if ditched.---Ray
ReplyDeleteAny landing you walk (or swim) away from is a good landing.
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