Today would have been my dad's 105th birthday. Here he is in his WWII flight suit with his tank of a Buick.

He almost always called it "the Second World War", not World War Two.

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mech@feddit.org · 19 pts · 84d

Back when fighting nazis was still in style.

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 13 pts · 84d

Bad Ass

All of it.

What a car!

Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 84d (2 replies)

Pacific or Europe?

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 84d (1 reply)

Europe, he was based on the Isle of Man (RCAF).

Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 84d

My dad and his 2 brothers were in WWII they flew in the RCAF as well.

picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 83d

Cool cat

IWW4@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 83d

Wow what a picture!

Mantzy81@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 83d

The UK almost always calls it the second world war.
Cool pic btw, and sorry for your loss