Tex Hill

[Big John]

Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.

Big John

[Dan Luke[_2_]]

"Big John" wrote:

> Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.

A life to envy.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

[Paul Riley]

"Big John" > wrote in message
...
> Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.
>
> Big John
>
>

I wish I could have had the privilege of knowing him personally. He has now
truly "slipped the surly bonds of earth". Condolences to his family.

Paul

[Jay Honeck]

> > Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.
>
> A life to envy.

Amen.

Although I'll bet he never dreamed that he'd live to age 92 back in
1942...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>>> Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.
>> A life to envy.
>
> Amen.
>
> Although I'll bet he never dreamed that he'd live to age 92 back in
> 1942...
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
>
Bob Scott told me that the way Tex flew against the Japanese, he was so
aggressive Scotty thought it was a miracle Tex survived the Tigers.
Tex hated the Japanese pilots. After shooting one down that had crashed
on the field at Kunming, Tex landed, got out of the P40 and walked
slowly over to what remained of the body of the Japanese pilot.
He kicked what was left of the body back into the fire and walked away.
Dudley

--
Dudley Henriques

[Jay Honeck]

> Bob Scott told me that the way Tex flew against the Japanese, he was so
> aggressive Scotty thought it was a miracle Tex survived the Tigers.
> Tex hated the Japanese pilots. After shooting one down that had crashed
> on the field at Kunming, Tex landed, got out of the P40 and walked
> slowly over to what remained of the body of the Japanese pilot.
> He kicked what was left of the body back into the fire and walked away.

I've read that this was not an uncommon feeling amongst our troops.

I suppose it's understandable, after the Japanese pilots strafed our
guys hanging in their 'chutes, and executed our guys if they made it
to the ground.

In "The War" (on PBS last month) one of our guys who fought on
Guadalcanal admitted that they never took another prisoner after the
Japs executed a bunch of our guys they had taken prisoner.

"Brutal" is the only word that comes to mind... War ain't pretty.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Dudley Henriques[_2_]]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>> Bob Scott told me that the way Tex flew against the Japanese, he was so
>> aggressive Scotty thought it was a miracle Tex survived the Tigers.
>> Tex hated the Japanese pilots. After shooting one down that had crashed
>> on the field at Kunming, Tex landed, got out of the P40 and walked
>> slowly over to what remained of the body of the Japanese pilot.
>> He kicked what was left of the body back into the fire and walked away.
>
> I've read that this was not an uncommon feeling amongst our troops.
>
> I suppose it's understandable, after the Japanese pilots strafed our
> guys hanging in their 'chutes, and executed our guys if they made it
> to the ground.
>
> In "The War" (on PBS last month) one of our guys who fought on
> Guadalcanal admitted that they never took another prisoner after the
> Japs executed a bunch of our guys they had taken prisoner.
>
> "Brutal" is the only word that comes to mind... War ain't pretty.
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>
With Hill it was the suffering of the Chinese in the bombings more than
anything else according to Scott. Tex considered war as exactly what it
was; a job to be done. It became personal for him when he saw children
blown to bits.
DH

--
Dudley Henriques

[muzzy]

On Jan. 25th 1943, my folks gave me a tenth birthday party. After the
cake and ice cream, Mom took us to the movie "Flying Tigers". The
John Wayne part was said to be of Tex. That movie was the trigger
for a life-long interest in aviation. I joined the CAP soon after, and
later got my USAF wings as an aviation cadet in the 50s. My grandson
has caught my 'bug' and is in the professional aviation school at O.U.
We fly together in the Cessna 182 that I own with partners. A couple
of years ago, while we were attending the annual air show at Ft.
Worth Alliance airport, much to my surprise and pleasure, we ran into
Tex who was manning a booth at the air show. It was indeed a joy
to see him in person, and tell him how much I appreciated his service.
I'm sure my grandson will remember him for a long time as well.



>Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.
>
>Big John
>

[Matt Barrow[_4_]]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>>> Tex Hill, Flying Tigers Fame, passed Thursday, age 92.
>> A life to envy.
>
> Amen.
>
> Although I'll bet he never dreamed that he'd live to age 92 back in
> 1942...

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