Charlie Bond - AVG Ace passed away Aug 18
Wed Aug 19, 2009 5:53 pm
Major Gen Charles Bond, passed away yesterday
Only Keeton, Brown and Jernstedt remain as former AVG pilots.
Charlie and Erik Shiller are largely credited with the famous Shark Mouth insignia of the AVG
RIP
Only Keeton, Brown and Jernstedt remain as former AVG pilots.
Charlie and Erik Shiller are largely credited with the famous Shark Mouth insignia of the AVG
RIP
Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:00 pm
Sad news. It's hard to imagine that they'll be a time when all these guys are gone, but it's inevitable I guess.
Here's to you Charlie. Best of luck to you in your new flying job and thank you for all you've given to us.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Here's to you Charlie. Best of luck to you in your new flying job and thank you for all you've given to us.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:05 pm
Shay - that is a pretty darn good eulogy for a really nice guy.
Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:03 pm
Agreed Drgondog - very well said Shay!
RIP Gen. Bond.
Zack
RIP Gen. Bond.
Zack
Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:58 pm
What a great man, he will be missed.
I look at his Number 5 every morning when I get my coffee.
I look at his Number 5 every morning when I get my coffee.
Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:32 am
god speed general!!
Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:32 am
Her great roaring engines are long silent, Her guns are pitted with rust. Shiny Aluminum, now dim and faded, Turrets are covered with dust. She sits and waits for her crewmen, Those young men from another day. Sixty long years have passed and gone, Since they all went away. Where have all those young men gone, Those boys she knew so well? They took her there and brought her back, What stories they can tell.
Some are buried in foreign lands, War records tell the place. "Killed In Action" the official words, Or just "KIA" to save space. Others went down in a fiery crash, Just where, no one can tell; Over the Pacific Ocean or Marianas cliffs-- no markers where they fell. Others came home, the war was over,
We dissipated like the dew. Then separately we all went our ways, back to lives we once knew. But in every airman's inner thoughts, quiet moments as day ends, We hear again those engines roar and voices of our friends. Now we're aging and almost grey; Again friends are starting to fall.
They're going now into that long last sleep That comes one day to us all. So here's to our fellow comrades, Those still here, or passed away, We'll remember you as you once were in a distant place and day. As we stand here now in silence, we'll think of you and smile. Get ready for that final briefing; We'll join you in a while.
SILENT SLEEP by Lloyd Klar (dec.) Veteran, 341BG 22BS.
Some are buried in foreign lands, War records tell the place. "Killed In Action" the official words, Or just "KIA" to save space. Others went down in a fiery crash, Just where, no one can tell; Over the Pacific Ocean or Marianas cliffs-- no markers where they fell. Others came home, the war was over,
We dissipated like the dew. Then separately we all went our ways, back to lives we once knew. But in every airman's inner thoughts, quiet moments as day ends, We hear again those engines roar and voices of our friends. Now we're aging and almost grey; Again friends are starting to fall.
They're going now into that long last sleep That comes one day to us all. So here's to our fellow comrades, Those still here, or passed away, We'll remember you as you once were in a distant place and day. As we stand here now in silence, we'll think of you and smile. Get ready for that final briefing; We'll join you in a while.
SILENT SLEEP by Lloyd Klar (dec.) Veteran, 341BG 22BS.