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My Weekend with a Kamikaze Pilot
I don't even know this guy, what the heck am I going to do with this old geezer for a weekend?" "He's interesting, just talk to him. I hope to be there by Sunday afternoon…" and with that, my dad hung up. (www.flyingmag.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Some people have to before mature making coments proably Didn't even know Pearl Harbor hapened
"mike" was a regular fixture in the flymart at EAA, selling his book and all sorts of stuff related to his victory over "Pappy". Mike made good money at the booth, while Pappy would position himself at the NW corner of one of the buildings and people would come by and ask for his autograph an pass him a couple of bucks...Late 80's when we also had a booth selling Watkins...
That is a really nice story and I am sure that Ms. Armstrong now has a better understanding of what transpired back then and what many of those guys went through, on both sides. Good on her. :)
Well done Ms Armstrong; very well done!
Great catch Albert! I pulled the information off an obituary in Seattle, but I have since found more information that he was born around 1925, which would make more sense. There was no Japanese birth certificate for him. Thanks for catching it.
Cheers,
Erika@achickinthecockpit
Cheers,
Erika@achickinthecockpit
If Mike died in 2008, at age 76, then he must have been born around 1932, right? How could he have flown as a combat pilot in WWII?