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My grandpa just gave me his WWII leather pilot-jacket

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SirStai
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It even has a legit RAF-pin. I'm now officially bad-ass.

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Nov 22 2010 3:54PM
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.AR6rider.
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My cousin is a fighter pilot in the Navy.

/claim?

Nov 22 2010 3:55PM
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rudager
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I'd like some pictures
Nov 22 2010 3:55PM
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pelle_munch
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Yeah, PICS
Nov 22 2010 3:55PM
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Toasty.
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treasure that jacket. i give mad props for your graps bein a surving pilot from wwII
Nov 22 2010 3:56PM
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GayWolf420
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Chill story, brahseph.
Nov 22 2010 3:56PM
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SirStai
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Sorry to lame this out, but my Grandpa wasn't actually a pilot. He was however a spy, and part of the Norwegian resistance force division of the British Army. Not sure if he was actually part of the RAF...
But he used to get flown in over Norway by the RAF, then jumped out and parashooted down behind enemy lines, collected shitloads of information and sent it back to Britain. So still pretty bad-ass.
Nov 22 2010 4:02PM
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fujarome
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just became more badass due to the story.

Being a bomber pilot is one thing, but getting out of the plane over enemy territory is a whole different thing.
Nov 22 2010 4:04PM
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Brenone
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Thats awesome.

My grandfather just gave me two blood stained silk Japanese flags signed by everyone in his Marine division when they invaded Guadalcanal. Ill post a pic later.
Nov 22 2010 4:04PM
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the_moderaper
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I'd call that way sicker than the average pilot. Not everyone fully uses their ninja pro perk.
Nov 22 2010 4:04PM
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Ski_the_east01
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umm thats not laming out at all...sounds like your grandpa was a hardcore badass and a great american
Nov 22 2010 4:05PM
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I_Am_Mod
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your gramps is a badass! you're very lucky to get such an awesome gift !
and it's not even christmas yet ! :D
Nov 22 2010 4:07PM
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SirStai
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Yeah, except he's Norwegian :P
Nov 22 2010 4:07PM
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Brenone
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awesome.
Nov 22 2010 4:08PM
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XtRemE11
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thats fucking awesome, i wanna see!
Nov 22 2010 4:08PM
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maximiliaan
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the only my grandpa did in WW2 was being frustrated that the germans sole his bike!
Nov 22 2010 4:09PM
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SirStai
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Majorly hardcore.
Nov 22 2010 4:09PM
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freestyler540
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I want to see!
requesting pics
Nov 22 2010 4:10PM
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Cleeetus
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You know the drill...
Nov 22 2010 4:11PM
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DaveM
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Take care of that jacket, its without question priceless. My grandfather served in WWII aswell and he left me alot of his medals and uniform. All of it is irreplaceable.
Nov 22 2010 4:13PM
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geteducated
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cool man. my grand father was a bombadeer, and he got shot down over holland. some dutch family kept him in the attic of a house that was being used as a nazi outpost. when it started to get too dangerous for the family he lived in a covered hole out in the forest near the house. the family would come during the day to give him food. he made it back home and became a minister and had the family which got me here today.
Nov 22 2010 4:15PM
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Oreos
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That makes him far greater.
Nov 22 2010 4:15PM
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five0
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threads, can't wait to see some pics. This kid I know has his grandfather's Jap rifle that he brought back.
Nov 22 2010 4:21PM
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pelle_munch
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This thread contain a profound lack of photographs.
Nov 22 2010 4:29PM
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tuna.
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ski in it and a balaclava.
Nov 22 2010 4:38PM
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Mr.DarthVader
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coooooooooooooool
Nov 22 2010 5:09PM
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yuck
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not recommended, dont do this.
Nov 22 2010 5:14PM
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garrettwiz
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thats super cool, take great care of that for sure! My grad dad let me try on his military uniforms on when i was little before he died, it was awesome.
Nov 22 2010 5:15PM
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Mr.Feeny
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yes
Nov 22 2010 5:17PM
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Peter.
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take great care of that for sure, that's something to pass down for generations.
Nov 22 2010 5:19PM
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Stamkos1992
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my great uncle was a pilot in the wehrmacht
Nov 22 2010 5:20PM
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ORDEAL
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Dude.
Sick. Your gramps is amazing. /Claim this shit wherever you go
Nov 22 2010 5:25PM
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Stamkos1992
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Yeah that's it, anyway he never really talked about it but I guess his plane got shot down and he was taken as a POW somewhere in Russia.
Nov 22 2010 5:30PM
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SirStai
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Will schnaps some phot-hoes. Although the jacket in itself is not all that special, it's the story behind it that makes it awesome.
Nov 22 2010 5:32PM
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Nathn
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My great grandpa was in a biker gang type thing in the army during WWII and would just drive city to city with nothing but machine guns and a side car full of ammo and give cover fire to advancing troops. He'd stay for like two days or until he was out of ammo and then leave to go get more and do it again.

Ultimate bad assery.
Nov 22 2010 5:32PM
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matt.s
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thats pretty cool. im pretty sure my grandpa flew spitfires for the RAF, but not entirely sure about details
Nov 22 2010 5:43PM
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factory81
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You lookin to pawn it or sell it?
I got a buddy who can come down to the shop, take a look at it, and tell us a bit more about it and we can go from there okay?

Nov 22 2010 5:44PM
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J.J.M
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my grandpa was a foot soldier during the Korean War
Nov 22 2010 5:48PM
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DUKES
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oh yeah my grandpa had connections with the mob in new york
Nov 22 2010 5:51PM
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EC-Skier
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pics or i shoot you
Nov 22 2010 5:53PM
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E.C.
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my great uncle was a fighter pilot but he was shot down and never found. now in memory there is a street named after him
Nov 22 2010 6:16PM
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pounds.
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my grandpa passed down to me two nazi knives that he picked off dead soldiers. its scary holding one, thinking that it probably killed someone once.
Nov 22 2010 6:19PM
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charmander
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my grandpa was in the navy, he personally shot down a handful of kamikazes... hes pretty badass
Nov 22 2010 6:28PM
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Broseph_Stalin
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we need gopro shots of you afterbanging in it. its the only way...
Nov 22 2010 6:28PM
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Ducky.
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Why are there no pics?
Nov 22 2010 6:38PM
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JamesR
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Nov 22 2010 6:41PM
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gyarados
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thats just beyond awesome, my grandpa has all his guns in his basement.... pretty cool i think.
oh, and picssss
Nov 22 2010 6:52PM
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Brenone
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Here are the flags I was talking about.
Tom Donohue, the name on the top of one of them is my Grandfather.

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Nov 22 2010 8:04PM
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theWIZARD
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holy shit your grandpa is crazy badass! def cooler than a pilot
Nov 22 2010 8:24PM
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mattster
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O man! This is really really cool!
Nov 22 2010 9:18PM
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theline
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and it would be a whole other thing if there were some pictures to go with it.
Nov 22 2010 9:24PM
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