Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Last Midway dive bomber pilot turns 100

Nice story.  And this cracked me up:
After the war, his family used to take him on roller coasters but he fell asleep on them, finding them boring after diving down on Japanese carriers from 20,000 feet.
Hat tip: Chris Lynchm.

1 comment:

drjim said...

I wonder if he's the guy I met on the Midway?