WWII Veteran Gets His Wish
A wonderful story from The Wichita Eagle about a WWII mechanic who finally got to fly on one of the aircraft he worked on during the war. We live about a mile from the airport and hear it fly over this morning.
The rest of the story is here.
The plane departs Wichita Sunday evening with my neighbor's chimney in the foreground.
At age 92, Bob Spatz had one just one unfulfilled wish.
He wanted to ride in a B-29 bomber like the ones he worked on as a mechanic during World War II.
Although he hasn’t quite reach that goal yet, Spatz came close Saturday when he took a 30-minute ride above Wichita in a WWII-era B-24, which his relatives said was the closest available aircraft that provides rides to members of the public.
The rest of the story is here.
The plane departs Wichita Sunday evening with my neighbor's chimney in the foreground.
That is a B-17 with the curved tail like this. B-24 had dual tails. My Dad's friend purchased a B-17 that was used in "Memphis Belle" and now sits fully restored at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. It was donated after Mr. Richardson's death. I never got to fly in it and I am forever bitter about the fact :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-17
Great story.