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PostPosted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:57 am 
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Gadzooks! Ginger has been replaced!!!!!!


Not to be a wet blanket, but Ginger will be 80 next month!! :shock:

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Alan Hale was the spitting image of his dad, who was a big shot actor in the 30's & 40's & was in many 4 star movies.

Including that backseat ride in Dennis Morgan's P-43 in God Is My Co-Pilot.

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Chris Brame wrote:
tom d. friedman wrote:
Alan Hale was the spitting image of his dad, who was a big shot actor in the 30's & 40's & was in many 4 star movies.

Including that backseat ride in Dennis Morgan's P-43 in God Is My Co-Pilot.

As well as flying a Waco YKC in Captains of the Clouds :) (also co-starring with Dennis Morgan!)

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Noticing that the Guardian of Valor link says he flew on B-24s, but the image is certainly a B-25....

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Noticing that the Guardian of Valor link says he flew on B-24s, but the image is certainly a B-25....

That may be an error, after a little reading it appears the 100th was solely stocked with B-25's.

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