Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I think all of the men posed for photos in front of their planes. My father painted all of the decorations on his plane, too. This one features an eagle dropping a watermelon because my father is from very near the watermelon capital of the USA. Most of his planes had a painting of my mother, very skimpily dressed! Tina On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:49 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2011, at 2:46 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > And here is my father: > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/139556500 > > > > He was an ace fighter pilot with several oak leaf clusters and lots of > > other medals. He flew Spitfires, Mustangs and others. He ran away from > > home when he was 17, lied about his age, and joined the Royal Canadian > Air > > Force since the USA wasn't in the war yet. > > and a tip of the hat to him too! > > (amazingly similar photos) > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com