Monday, March 23, 2015

71 years after getting shot down in France, pilot Charlie Screws is reunited with his P 47's tailsection


the plane was found 20 years ago by relic hunters, but the tail section was just found at an auction, and from serial numbers was tracked to the pilot, who happened to be an acquaintance of the Silent Wings museum director in Lubbuck, who was friends with the auction buyer of the tail section.

Full story at http://www.reporternews.com/news/local-news/i-survived-and-so-did-part-of-abilene-pilots-wwii-plane_40314608

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