
My awesome grandad flew in Wellingtons in the war. Damn, those shortages were terrible. Tell us about brilliant-stroke-rubbish grandparents.
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( , Thu 2 Jun 2011, 21:51)
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Remember the scene in Top Gun where Maverick decides to buzz the control tower ?
40 years before It was filmed Grandad was a rear gunner on a Lancaster Bomber, even back then there was a tradition of buzzing a tower, and being in the RAF there was a little one-upmanship between aircraft.
They won hands down when the pilot decided to buzz the Eiffel Tower when on a sortie over France.
The bomber came within a couple of feet of the top and Grandad involuntary lifted himself off his seat as he saw the tower pass very close underneath.
( , Sat 4 Jun 2011, 0:41, 2 replies)

...but you can be my wingman any time.
( , Sat 4 Jun 2011, 11:57, closed)
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