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The Lucky Bastards Club
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Doug Kerr
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Asher Kelman
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Wonderful characters both!
Did you check they were actually US pilotless and members of the club or just they they looked the part!
Asher
Did you check they were actually US pilotless and members of the club or just they they looked the part!
Asher
James Lemon
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Jarmo Juntunen
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They didn't seem to be too happy about you taking their picture, James. But a great candid, nevertheless.
James Lemon
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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
So James,
Are they fliers or as Clint Eastwood says, they are “feeling lucky today!”
Asher
Are they fliers or as Clint Eastwood says, they are “feeling lucky today!”
Asher
James Lemon
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Asher
I think they are from L.A and one is a life-coach-channeller and the other a masseur.
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James
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
But is your use of the term, "Lucky Bastards" to mean that they are actually members of this fliers club that has at least 15 missions of air combat? 15 missions in world war II meant average for being shot down!
The Lucky Bastard Club was an informal grouping of World War Two European bomber crew members from the Eighth Air Force who completed a tour of duty.[1] They often received certificates, a flyover through the base and an honorary dinner for the crew. Membership gave crews credit for the work they did in the air. They were treated with high respect by their fellow peers and military cohorts. Club members were allowed special spots in mess halls.[2]
Some forty thousand airmen died by the end of World War Two, or one in three crewmen. A World War Two bomber crew member's life expectancy was fifteen missions.[3] At the beginning of the war, twenty-five missions was considered a full tour of duty, but once pilots became more efficient and effective in air combat, the standard increased to thirty-five missions.[4]
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Peter Dexter
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"I think they are from L.A and one is a life-coach-channeller and the other a masseur."
They'd certainly have the audience flummoxed on What's My Line.
They'd certainly have the audience flummoxed on What's My Line.