For ISurvived

[DarkShadow07]

Other night we talking about WW2 (real life) i was mentioning to him about my grand dad was in RAAF ww2 as gunner, which my grand dad mentioning about how good it was about the spitfire it so popular in WW2 for some reason, RAAF send my granddad to RAF to be bomber, however his plane was shot down on border of france/germany my granddad got shot on his back between his shoulder he ran safely somewhere until RAF rescue and took him back to UK for hospital and he became very ill few month later he was send home back to australia and was honorable discharge due his illness, until his died when i was as a kid

everytime when visit my grandparents oh boy my granddad would talk miles for miles about spitfre he never stop talk about it but he would not talk about his mate and friend were killed in action it will upset him, he only mention about spitfire, and all that crazy noise, etc he was telling me how he was homesick while in UK etc things like that,

so pic of spitfire (my granddad loves spitfire)
http://imgur.com/a/NqyqX

Also my dad was in RAAF too for over 30 years service, but he passed away 4 years ago

here my dad plane
FA 18 Hornet that pic was taken 28 years ago entry into RAAF service http://imgur.com/a/9dO05

Mirage III
http://imgur.com/a/a6bKf

F111 this pic was practice doing dump fire for airshow in melbourne that was just before my dad reitred from RAAF
http://imgur.com/a/RSCaG

F111 this is mean machine my dad fave pic
http://imgur.com/a/S0pCr

Mirage was training to launch their missile (before FA 18 hornet enter RAAF service i think) http://imgur.com/a/5hjbN

Also my fave aircraft Tornado as RAF came to australia for sortie 1988, i fallen in love with that aircraft, that pic it where i live
on the base http://imgur.com/a/GYpp5


So ISurived i hope u enjoyed it to see these pic i just thought to share with u

 

[I SURVIVED LONDON BLITZ]

I had the honor to witness spitfires shooting down German fighters and their bombers, we truly thanked the pilots for their bravery, the cheers from our neighbors was deafening. The Brit's stood out doors watching even through a raid was on, it was like as if to give the RAF guys encouragement. But looking around the world to day I wonder would it have been better if Hitler had won???

 

[Brewmaster]

thanks for sharing that awesome story man

 

[oden12]

tail gunner

my uncle was a tail gunner in the lancasters stationed in england was with the nzaf over there he survived the war he died in 1960 ,my memory of him when we visited was a man in a very dark place his nerves were shot ,his eyes never stopped moving he was a young man when he went over he was i think he was 43 when he passed but he looked like 60 ,ive been in service myself but could never amagine the feeling being in the air fighting the way these guys did ,theres a spitfire on a stand at chrischurch airport shit there pretty small