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Heartlander · 80-89, M
Re KIDS.
There's a old pilot line that goes ....
[b]There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots[/b].
Also in pilot language is the phrase ...
[b]Bought the farm[/b]
which translates into "got killed".
There's a old pilot line that goes ....
[b]There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots[/b].
Also in pilot language is the phrase ...
[b]Bought the farm[/b]
which translates into "got killed".
JollyRoger · 70-79, M
@Heartlander To elaborate: Got killed - the life insurance paid the family's farm mortgage!
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@JollyRoger just. A few days ago I watched a WW2 documentary with quite a bit of detail about the naval battles in the Pacific. At one stretch the life expectancy for US Navy aviators was 12 missions. There were comparable losses in Europe.