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Klem
November 7th 08, 07:30 PM
Picture taken at the Tico Airshow 2005.

Can somebody tell me if this is Gen Paul Tibbets
or his navigator Capt. J. Van Kirk on the raid to
Hiroshima.

TIA

Clem

Alan Erskine[_3_]
November 8th 08, 01:07 AM
"Klem" > wrote in message
. ..
> Picture taken at the Tico Airshow 2005.
>
> Can somebody tell me if this is Gen Paul Tibbets
> or his navigator Capt. J. Van Kirk on the raid to
> Hiroshima.

Clem; try alt.binaries.pictures.military; they might have a better idea.

Dave Kearton[_2_]
November 8th 08, 02:21 AM
"Klem" > wrote in message
. ..
Picture taken at the Tico Airshow 2005.

> Can somebody tell me if this is Gen Paul Tibbets
> or his navigator Capt. J. Van Kirk on the raid to
> Hiroshima.

> TIA

> Clem




Two minutes on Google and Wikepedia produced these images.






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Cheers

Dave Kearton

Andrew Chaplin
November 8th 08, 03:26 AM
"Klem" > wrote in message
. ..
> Picture taken at the Tico Airshow 2005.
>
> Can somebody tell me if this is Gen Paul Tibbets
> or his navigator Capt. J. Van Kirk on the raid to
> Hiroshima.

All I can tell you is that they're in an M151 MUTT, the vehicle in which I
learned to power shift at Her Majesty's expense.
--
Andrew Chaplin
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