I guess a little background is in order, about 15 or so years ago I took my dad to look at a couple of WW2 Bombers, a B17 and a B24 that where on display at a local airport. As my dad had crewed on a B24 I figured it would be a good bonding day with my pop… As my pop never really talked about the war I was surprised at the time how much conversation he had we other former crew Air Corp members that were also there with their son’s… When we arrived home my dad took out his picture album from the war and started showing me all kinds of pictures I didn’t even know he had… When I inquired about all the guys in the pictures and how come he hadn’t kept in touch he replied because they are all dead David… Then he explained his group had suffered about 90% casualties and that his plane he crewed on had been shot down and the crew killed. He explained that he had been taken off flying duty that day because of a bad fever and that after his plane had been shot down he was transferred to being a mechanic and taken off flight duty… Then he gave me the books and hundreds of pictures and asked me to take a look though them once a year over memorial day weekend as had he had been doing since the end of the war to remember them as probably nobody else would be as they never got to have a family etc..

Well as my dad passed away at the end of April this year it is a little tougher his year, I miss you pop,

To the crew of the Vicious Vixen, 15th Air Force, 454th Bomb Group, 737th Bomb Squadron… (Note the 454th flew 243 combat missions between Feb. 8th 1944 and April 24th 1945)..

I salute you all!!

Great post!!!

Thank You for sharing....

Thank you.

Frank

Thank you for sharing your story and inviting us to share in the honor of your dad today.

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We all should be saluting them,=d>

You have every reason to be proud of him.