Tiki and World War II - General Tiki

C captnkirk Member Hockessin, Delaware Joined: Nov 06, 2002 Posts: 322	C captnkirk Posted posted on Tue, Aug 31, 2004 7:51 PM In honor of Don the Beachcomber, Lieutenant Ed Holliday and his crew painted this B-26 Marauder with Don the Beachcomber watching the setting pacific sun, his drifwood sign logo is also on the plane's nose. Too bad we don't have a color photo of this one. On one mission the plane took 146 bullet holes but the crew always made it home safely. Don the Beachcomber (the man) also served in WWII and earned a bronze star and the rank of Lieutenent Colonel before his discharge in 1946. I also remember reading somewhere he managed to get Winston Churchill drunk on smuggled whiskey but I have forgotten the details from that story. [ Edited by: captnkirk on 2004-08-31 19:56 ]

In honor of Don the Beachcomber, Lieutenant Ed Holliday and his crew painted this B-26 Marauder with Don the Beachcomber watching the setting pacific sun, his drifwood sign logo is also on the plane's nose. Too bad we don't have a color photo of this one. On one mission the plane took 146 bullet holes but the crew always made it home safely.

Don the Beachcomber (the man) also served in WWII and earned a bronze star and the rank of Lieutenent Colonel before his discharge in 1946.

I also remember reading somewhere he managed to get Winston Churchill drunk on smuggled whiskey but I have forgotten the details from that story.

[ Edited by: captnkirk on 2004-08-31 19:56 ]

Post #111632 by captnkirk on Tue, Aug 31, 2004 7:51 PM