tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post3804145379829962257..comments2024-01-20T21:17:03.430-05:00Comments on "Sweetness, and Light": "Colored Guys in the RAF"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-85483444754571634572015-10-20T01:34:11.341-04:002015-10-20T01:34:11.341-04:00The Japanese had a 96% death rate. They didn't...The Japanese had a 96% death rate. They didn't rotate them home to teach new pilots like we, and to a lesser extent the Germans did. The Russians were like the Japanese. You were in for the duration...period full stop.<br /><br />Basically a death sentence.<br /><br />No sense of humor them guys.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032021663606908819.post-81486513368258253682015-10-18T23:06:13.684-04:002015-10-18T23:06:13.684-04:00I think it might be partly a poodle..? They can be...I think it might be partly a poodle..? They can be pretty big. Clearly a bold flying ace like Snoopy, so he may have some beagle in him too. <br /><br />They should have put some of these men of bronze like your dad and uncles in that old TV show Twelve O'Clock High, but I don't think they did. What unadmirable selective historical amnesia. <br /><br />I've read that WWII fighter pilots had a 90 percent fatality rate. Yikes! <br /><br />ZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com