[Leica] IMGS: My Father

[Peter Dzwig]

Tina,

On the wikipedia page - if you haven't spotted it yet - there is also a group
photo around a P47 towards the end of the piece.

Peter

On 19/06/2016 16:25, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi Tina,
> 
> My curiosity got the best of me, so I kept looking.  The airplane in which your
> father is pictured appears to be an early P-47, with the original canopy.  The
> later P-47s were fitted with bubble canopies for better visibility.  Their
> pilots referred to the P-47s as "Jugs".
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 6/18/2016 7:33 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> PESO:
>>
>> My sister was Googling our father's name and came across some wonderful
>> photos of him that we have never seen before.  Just in time for Father's
>> Day:
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163489790
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163489791
>>
>> He looks about 15 years old to me!!  He did run away from home, lied about
>> his age, and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at 17, switching to the
>> RAF later.
>>
>> I'm amazed to see these photos from long ago.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
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