(Pechs1) wrote:

Jake- Flately was awarded a DFC. BRBR

YGBSM..way to many DFCs given out for non combat flyin' if ya ask me.

Flatley was a much better pilot than CAG(VF-33, Independence, late 70s)
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

What amazes me is that they took a fighter pilot (however skilled
at piloting a fighter), checked him out in a C-130 Hercules (a
bird of a QUITE different feather) and let him attempt this
pretty dangerous mission when there's likely many hundreds of
pilots MUCH more skilled in handling a Herc than him.
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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)