Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/19

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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: My Father
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:25:53 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1BxHQ9fNvDPLS2w=2kMpVqiK=B3koxqUCfDhVRmcnSVaQ@mail.gmail.com>
 
Hi Tina,

My curiosity got the best of me, so I kept looking.  The airplane in 
which your father is pictured appears to be an early P-47, with the 
original canopy.  The later P-47s were fitted with bubble canopies for 
better visibility.  Their pilots referred to the P-47s as "Jugs".

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/18/2016 7:33 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> PESO:
>
> My sister was Googling our father's name and came across some wonderful
> photos of him that we have never seen before.  Just in time for Father's
> Day:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163489790
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163489791
>
> He looks about 15 years old to me!!  He did run away from home, lied about
> his age, and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at 17, switching to the
> RAF later.
>
> I'm amazed to see these photos from long ago.
>
> Tina
>
>
>
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