Print view
Board index ‹ Real World ‹ History

Don Blakeslee

Discussions on History. Please keep on topic & friendly. Provocative & one sided political posts will be deleted.
Post a reply

Don Blakeslee

Postby C » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:45 pm

Just read on another forum, the former RCAF, RAF "Eagle" Sqn commander, and then later USAAF ace, has passed away, a few days before his 90th birthday.

Possibly the US pilot who flew more against the axis powers than any of his countrymen.

RIP.

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/blakesle.html
Last edited by C on Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
C
Colonel
Colonel
 
Posts: 11977
Joined: Mon May 19, 2003 1:04 pm
Location: Earth
Top

Re: Don Blakeslee

Postby expat » Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:35 am

A man who believed totally in "teamwork" and carried no additional personal embellishments or victory markings on his fighter aircraft........Could do with a bit of that being taught in todays society.

Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.

PETA Image People Eating Tasty Animals.

B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
User avatar
expat
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
 
Posts: 8679
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:06 am
Location: Deep behind enemy lines....
Top

Re: Don Blakeslee

Postby homebrewer » Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:52 am

How can we who enjoy the gift of Freedom we have today ever begin to thank these men who risked everything for us so many, many years ago? I have a friend who fought in WWII and Korea. He's almost 81. He tells great stories about his war times. I always thank him for his service...
My system: AMD Phenom 9500 cpu, 2 x eVGA e-GeForce 8800GTS Superclocked vidcards (640Mb DDR3 each), Zalman "sunflower" 9700 fan, Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 mobo, 4Gb G.Skill PC2-6400 DDR2 800Mhz RAM, 2 x Sony 20X DVD writers, Thermaltake Toughpower 8
User avatar
homebrewer
Captain
Captain
 
Posts: 623
Joined: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:36 am
Location: United States of Good Beer
Top
Post a reply

Return to History

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 589 guests