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                        I got a phone call from a WWII vet......

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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:50 PM
                        Great story. It's always nice to hear when some one does something nice for other people.
                        mark956
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:45 PM
                        Congratulations Darren!

                        I just located my father's WW2 pilot (80+ now) and after one or two phone calls drove about 4 hours to where he lives. We had a great chat and I learned things I never would have otherwise.

                        I also interviewed a couple of vets (including my father in law) for my corvette model and their experiences were really something. They were reluctant to talk until I explained my interest and then they opened up. I just hope I can finish the model while they are still alive.

                        This kind of thing really motivates me to build ...
                        Bruce
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, December 28, 2003 4:06 PM
                        What great experience. That's one of the things I miss about my grandfather is that he had just gotten to where he was taking about Korea when he passed.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Sunday, December 28, 2003 3:46 PM
                        Awesome story Darren! Thumbs Up [tup]

                        I would love to be able to sit down and talk about stories that these veterans have. They are all getting up in age now and their stories need to live on in the hearts of those that hear them.

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        TANGO 1
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
                        I got a phone call from a WWII vet......
                        Posted by TANGO 1 on Sunday, December 28, 2003 3:29 PM
                        Hi all,

                        Many moons ago I had a pic of a Spitfire Vb in the aircraft forum, it was to be a Christmas gift for a RAF veteran who served with 126Sqn in Malta in 1942. When the model was finished I displayed it a glass case and took it to my friends house who had asked me build it. He told me that he would present it to his father-in-law on Christmas morning.

                        I got a call today from my friend. He told me his father-in-law wanted a word with me. "It's perfect." He said. "Thank you for all your hard work."
                        He went on to tell me a little about his time in Malta and how happy he was to have a replica of "his crate".

                        I feel so great that I was able to do something for this man who served his country and to make him so happy as well. Definately the most rewarding experience I've had as a model builder. I hope I get the chance to build for other vets in the future. It's a very humbling experience when a man tells you that you built his aircraft "spot-on."!

                        Later,

                        Darren.


                        Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
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