Originally Posted By: pizzaboy

Of course not. I'm not a mob apologist. But there's more to some of these guys than meets the eye. There's a lot of gray area with most people. This guy did some good in his life. That's all I'm trying to say. Whether or not he did more good than bad is between him and God whistle.

And most tail gunners seem to have been little guys (just going by some of those old WW 2 pictures). Maybe the rear cock pits were small? But that's another reason I sarcastically said that he was a "giant" for a guy of his generation grin.


Yea I think they wanted someone who could fit in those things and small guys were the best. I definitely don't know if I could of done what those guys did that is for sure. My grandpa was in Sicily during the war fixing bombers and he would tell me how the villagers near their base would come during the day to sell food etc. Really interesting and a lot of these guys are not with us anymore.

I've walked along the red canal of mars
I've known kings and king makers
Poets painters and paupers
I've danced danced on the rings of Saturn
Still your pilgrim soul is the only thing that ever mattered