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World War II
Discuss WWII and the era directly before and after the war from 1935-1949.
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Headhunter506
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New York, United States
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Posted: Sunday, December 09, 2012 - 04:29 AM UTC
I just finished reading this story in the New York Post:

Amazing tale of a desperate WWII pilot’s encounter with a German flying ace

A different time and different people.
Jessie_C
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Posted: Sunday, December 09, 2012 - 05:25 AM UTC
I knew Franz when we were both volunteering for the Canadian Museum of Flight in Langley back in the late 1980s and early '90s. I heard him tell that story several times and I was extremely glad that he and Brown had their chance to meet. It's one of those stories that you'd never believe unless you actually heard it from the people who were there. It restores your faith in humanity.
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