the U.S. Navy in WWII and Tiki culture - General Tiki

UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2466	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Sat, Jan 18, 2014 4:13 AM Hey BK, that 417th yearbook is an awesome find. I haven't seen one of those. As fate would have it I did some research for a buddy of mine. His grandfather was with the Sky Lancers 417th. He was a pilot and flew the A-20 Havoc in New Guinea among other theaters during the war. He had a photo album showing the huts they slept in and even had a complete bar in a hut made totally out of bamboo. Those guys were bad ass bomber drivers during the war. His grandfather took out an enemy ack-ack site in the mountains of New Guinea even as his A-20 took direct hits and lost an engine. He got his plane and boys back to base safe. Thanks for posting the book. Here is the logo for the group. "Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2014-01-18 04:46 ]

Hey BK, that 417th yearbook is an awesome find. I haven't seen one of those. As fate would have it I did some research for a buddy of mine. His grandfather was with the Sky Lancers 417th. He was a pilot and flew the A-20 Havoc in New Guinea among other theaters during the war. He had a photo album showing the huts they slept in and even had a complete bar in a hut made totally out of bamboo. Those guys were bad ass bomber drivers during the war. His grandfather took out an enemy ack-ack site in the mountains of New Guinea even as his A-20 took direct hits and lost an engine. He got his plane and boys back to base safe. Thanks for posting the book. Here is the logo for the group.

"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann

[ Edited by: uncle trav 2014-01-18 04:46 ]

Post #704924 by uncle trav on Sat, Jan 18, 2014 4:13 AM