"Dudley Henriques" wrote:
"CC" wrote:

I just finished it....great read....I have given it to my grandson
so he
can have a little better understanding of why his great grandfather
was like
he was!?....he used to ask me why great grandpa's business card
showed the
mustang upside down!....and why I wear his wings upside down on my
vest....anyone can fly right side up....cc

In Chapter 16 of his most excellent book, Ed describes an Oct. 5, 1966
rescue mission over North Vietnam for which Dad ("Sandy 51" in the
book)
was awarded a DFC for the rescue of the crew of a downed F-4. With
regards
to business cards, on the front side of Dad's business card from 'Nam
there
is an orange and white parachute depicted with the following words:

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TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED?
NEED A PICK-ME-UP?

Contact: CROWN, SANDY, JOLLY GREEN

243.0 Mcs
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....And on the back side of the card it reads thusly:


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CONFUSED? FOLLOW THESE STEPS

1. STAY WITH CHUTE/AIRCRAFT.
2. CONSERVE FLARES AND RADIO.
3. ADVISE OTHERS OF YOUR POSITION AND
CONDITION.
4. STAY CALM-OTHERS HAVE BEEN RESCUED UNDER
WORSE CONDITIONS THAN YOURS.
5. THE BEARER OF THIS CARD, UPON BEING
SUITABLY RESCUED, AGREES TO PROVIDE FREE
CHEER AT THE NEAREST BAR FOR THOSE MAKING
SAID RESCUE POSSIBLE.
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Life is indeed strange sometimes.
I was a demonstration pilot flying a P51D back in the sixties.

I know that you couldn't care less Dud, but while you were having a
good ol' time flying your P-51, posing for photographs and signing
autographs for throngs of adoring fans, back in the sixties Dad was
heading off to 'Nam in a chartered DC-8 waving goodbye to his pregnant
wife and three boys while the entire family was fighting back tears
and wondering if we'll ever see each other again.

Our "official" "business" cards as well as our letterheads and
envelopes
also showed an inverted P51.......and here all these years we thought
we
had done something original :-)
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
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