(ArtKramr) wrote in message ...
Subject: #1 Piston Fighter was British
From: Peter Twydell
Date: 6/30/03 1:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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So don't give me that egotistical crap about "the war only started on D-
Day". You, and he, were only small cogs in a vast machine.


I meant to say the war in Western Euroe only started on D-day. Sorry I left
that out.
But vast machines are made up of small cogs. And better to have served, then
never to have served at all. Even as a small cog which I certainly was.

Of course, what Art really means, based upon past exchanges, is that
he has a whole hierarchy of "cogs", and he invariably places his cog
above most others. He has said his ground crews had no idea of what
war was, that the folks who transported his armaments and fuel to his
base similarly had no idea, and that folks who entered the service,
served honorably, did what they were ordered to do (often despite
their own personal wishes) but never entered into aerial combat over
Europe were hardly even deserving of the title of "veteran", etc. he
apparently has a lot of missing teeth on that gear he keeps referring
to.

Brooks


Arthur Kramer