WWII - the New Guinea Campaign and images from the island - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 8:52 AM Very cool, thank you for that find! On 2010-06-13 00:44, MadDogMike wrote: John Tallichet, president and CEO of Specialty Restaurants Corp., recounted how his father, company founder and World War II B-17 pilot David Tallichet, started efforts to recover the plane in the 1980s but didn't live to see its return. "One of his purposes in life was to bring this plane to the United States," he said. Owner of the Castaway, Port of Call, Reef and Pieces of Eight restaurants, as we know...AND the wonderful, still existing "Proud Bird" restaurant near LAX: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28887&forum=2 It may be restored to flying condition and housed in a museum, or perhaps reassembled at less expense for display in a setting recreating the jungle swamp where it landed 68 years ago, Hagen said. The latter would be the way to go, of course :)

Very cool, thank you for that find!

On 2010-06-13 00:44, MadDogMike wrote:
John Tallichet, president and CEO of Specialty Restaurants Corp., recounted how his father, company founder and World War II B-17 pilot David Tallichet, started efforts to recover the plane in the 1980s but didn't live to see its return. "One of his purposes in life was to bring this plane to the United States," he said.

Owner of the Castaway, Port of Call, Reef and Pieces of Eight restaurants, as we know...AND the wonderful, still existing "Proud Bird" restaurant near LAX:
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28887&forum=2

It may be restored to flying condition and housed in a museum, or perhaps reassembled at less expense for display in a setting recreating the jungle swamp where it landed 68 years ago, Hagen said.

The latter would be the way to go, of course :)

Post #535936 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 8:52 AM