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Jack Cook
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2 feathered props... what a nightmare!! thanks for the great pics!!
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WOW, those are some frightening images...
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yep... :cry:

Amazing stuff Jack...

Some from my Uncle's stuff...

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This one is signed by the surviving co-pilot...Capt. Duckworth.
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Here he is, with his wife, at a reunion back in the 80's
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It definitely stinks to be on the receiving end - but it had it's usefulness, too!

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Always found this one particularly chilling. I second that mustangdriver, brave men all of them.


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