Enola Gay pilot dies at 92

[yayson]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21578185/

more than anything else running across this article gives me pause regarding the accuracy of things reported as historical facts and how those facts are influenced to change over time, and more than half a century later there can still be polar division and lack of retrospective clarity

made me think anyhow, therefor noteworthy I guess. Not often I'm compelled to think

[Darrell]

Rest in peace.

[TideRoll]

RIP, Col. Tibbets.

[billybarue]

His Grandson is a classmate of mine. Never discussed his grandfather with him though.

"Lord Guard and Guide the men who Fly ..."
The Cadet Hymn

GodSpeed,

BillyBarue

[illinoishoosier]

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.


Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee
No 412 squadron, RCAF
Killed 11 December 1941

[SmokeyJoe]

Originally Posted by yayson

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21578185/

more than anything else running across this article gives me pause regarding the accuracy of things reported as historical facts and how those facts are influenced to change over time, and more than half a century later there can still be polar division and lack of retrospective clarity

made me think anyhow, therefor noteworthy I guess. Not often I'm compelled to think

You are right about historical perspective.
He acted in the best interest of his country during a time of war at great personal risk.
In my book, his page has "HERO" written all over it.

[tzaddi]

The recent Ken Burns series about the "War" provided me with much context concerning this important event(s) in history. God Bless & Peace.

[KASR]

"Imagine the man, where it all began...
The pilot of Enola Gay, flying out of the shockwave,
On that August day..." ~Rush


R.I.P

[CeeGar]

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

You are right about historical perspective.
He acted in the best interest of his country during a time of war at great personal risk.
In my book, his page has "HERO" written all over it.

You said it brother. RIP Col.