B-17 Flying Fortress - A Mistaken Detail
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He stared silently at it for awhile.
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First I though he was sizing it up and identifying inaccuracies, such as a turrent or gun not being in the right place.... but then I began to think that I had made a bad mistake, and that it was conjuring up memories that were best left dormant.
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When I finally broke the ackward silence and asked, "Is there anything wrong?", he replied... "There certainly is."
"What's that?" I said with a bit of anxiety.
"Those fucking Messerschmidts would have never gotten that close.", John said.
He never hung that print in his office. And he never forgave the Germans or the Japanese.
John was a great man for many reasons. God rest his Soul.