Fly Boy ?????

ArtKramr wrote:


Let me tell you a story about a long forgotten incident in WW II. It is one of
those things that have never been discussed on this NG. There was a famous
footblall player, a famous All American who became a B-17 pilot. His plane was
severely damaged by flack and he bailed out and survived. But not a single one
of hsd crew did. There were accusations that he lost his nerve and bailed
before his crew could get out. And they all died because of his cowardice.
Noithing was ever proven and he was not prosecuted. But there was always that
lingering doubt. And this haunted him all his life. Whenever I hear of a pilot
that made it out, but the crew were all lost, it brings back the memory of
that WW II incident.
And there many of us who will never forget it.

Surely there were many aircraft with two or more crew where only one got
out during all of WWII, PTO, CBI, ETO, MTO!

You surely aren't going to label them all "cowards" by definition are
you?

Most people that went into concentration camps never made it out. There
was certainly stealing and back stabbing and sucking up to the SS by at
least some camp members. Does that imply anyone who survived did so via
underhanded means?

I think you're being *way* overly harsh in this judgment, and I also
think your distaste for the Bush clan is driving your judgment.


SMH