My dad passed away peacefully on Monday, September 30th. He was 96 years old and still driving, going to church, and staying active all the way until late April. Dad was a radio man on a B17 in Burma. He was proud of his service but never talked much about it.

May he Rest In Peace.

Sorry for your loss. Sounds like he had an amazing life. We owe him and his generation more than we could ever repay. God Bless and hold him now till forever. Amen.

Sorry for your loss.
My Dad was a WWII vet. Died 4 years ago at 95.
You will get through it, not over it.

PC

Condolences on your loss. RIP

Very sorry for your loss Phil.

I'm sorry for your loss. May you find peace in the memory of the life your father lived.

my condolences to you and your family

Sorry for your loss and condolences to your family.

My father was a WWII System Engineer on a B24 out of Clark Air Base. Some of his crew made visits at times and usually wrote at Christmas time.

I traveled a lot in my work and never got the chance to look up one of his crew members in Portland. He had taken lots of pictures and thought no one was interested in them. Later, he moved from a house to an Assisted Living Facility and the boxes of pictures got lost.

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Originally posted by phil in indy:
Dad was a radio man on a B17 in Burma.

Considering how an otherwise minor engine problem often meant becoming a permanent part of the landscape flying the Burma Hump I can see how he didn’t want to reminisce with anyone who wasn’t there too. Your Dad had balls.

I'm grateful for his service and sorry for your loss.

God bless him. May he rest in peace.

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Originally posted by phil in indy:
My dad passed away peacefully on Monday, September 30th. He was 96 years old and still driving, going to church, and staying active all the way until late April. Dad was a radio man on a B17 in Burma. He was proud of his service but never talked much about it.

Regrettably, I will never have the chance to meet your father and thank him for what he did all those many years...but I knew men like him that answered the call when their country, indeed the world, needed them.

Just a few weeks ago, in August, my friend Norm Moore passed away at the age of 94. He was one of several men who taught me to fly. He joined the Army Air Corps at age 17 and went on to become a B-24 and B-29 pilot during WWII, and after the war went on to become a civilian flight instructor, then a crop duster, and eventually went on to become an airline pilot and an air show pilot, retiring as a B747 Captain.

Not two weeks ago I called to wish my last surviving WW II veteran friend, Charlie, a Happy 94th Birthday. He also taught me to fly. Charlie had become an airplane mechanic and learned to fly and joined the Navy at age 17 with the hope of serving as a fighter pilot, but was instead assigned as an F6F HellCat mechanic and served aboard an aircraft carrier based out of Pearl Harbor. After the war he became a civilian flight instructor and mechanic, taught countless students to fly who then went on to aviation careers of their own. Eventually Charlie became an air show pilot and entertained spectators across the U.S., and was even invited to fly several air shows in England.

Phil in Indy, I'm certain you already know this, but the world we live in is a better place today, thanks to what men like your father did, all those years ago...as well as what they did after their service.

You and your family have my deepest condolences, and thoughts and prayers. May your father Rest in Peace.

As long as we remember these men (and their families), and their stories, and what they did, they will never be forgotten.

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Our sincere condolences to you and the family.

Godspeed Sir.

Phil, you have my deepest condolences. I am pleased to hear your father enjoyed a very full life until the end. Men like him made our country the greatest on Earth. We are all indebted to him and his comrades in arms.

My sympathy to you and your family. I want to thank your father for all he did. He and his fellow servicemen saved the world from evil.

I'm sure your dad got to experience the best and the worst of life and was fortunate to have plenty of time to reflect on that.
Sorry you finally lost him but thankfully you had him around for a long time in good health too.

My 2 sisters and I are ok. We were able to keep him in his house which he wanted and we were with him at the end. All the men and women who serve have my respect no matter which service or theater. Right now I'm trying to find a patch for a shadow box for the funeral. I don't want to pull his off his jacket for the box but finding a Flying Tiger that has an original look to it is beginning to look like a lost cause

Ebay has a variety of Flying Tiger patches, depending on the exact one you are looking for.

God Bless him, You will always have your memories. My Dad was 8th AAC 33 missions over Germany. He is still with us and we treasure him everyday. He will be 95 January, still going strong.

Sorry for your loss Phil. Sounds like he had a long and productive life and I thank him for his service.