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ToughOmbre
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Beautiful 
Pride of the CAF.
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Pride of the CAF.
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Thorlifter
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ToughOmbre
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Great vid. Gotta love the Nine-O-Nine.
It's a shame the original Nine-O-Nine was turned into pot and pans (along with thousands of other proud warbirds).
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It's a shame the original Nine-O-Nine was turned into pot and pans (along with thousands of other proud warbirds).
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jimh
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909...brings back a lot of memories. Smitty Smith, name on the ball turret...he used to follow us around New England in his RV. He took a direct hit in the Ball Turret and it blew off his arm. He managed to crank the turret around...as the ship was going down...climb out, strap on his chute and bail out. Fortunately the Germans patched him up and he survived the war. I heard him tell the story dozens of times and still get chills thinking about. If I'm not mistaken those images are from Concord CA...we'd either fly out the to Bridge or over the Mare Island shipyard on the rides.
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