Subject: Fighter Pilot Fellowship (was: something else entirely)
From: "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
Date: 12/8/03 6:53 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: m

monkey wrote:
Like I said before, dud, you shouldn't be in any fellowship for
"fighter pilots" unless that's what you are/were.


Therein lies the conundrum: were you a fighter pilot if you flew P-51s on
the
airshow circuit? The Mustang was most definitely a fighter. Were you only a
fighter pilot if you flew fighters for a military service? Or only if you've
fired your guns in anger?

This seems to be a grey area to me.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN


http://www.mortimerschnerd.com




Not gray at all. You can fly fighters but never have been in combat. You are
still a fighter pilot because you piloted a fighter. But COMBAT pilot is
another matter entirely. Combat is a world apart.

Regards,


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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