My grandfather flew a B25 in the pacific theater till the end of the war
This is his crew in front of the plane. My grandfather wa sin the back row standing on the right side of the picture View attachment 374628
His plane Dutch (Dutch was what he called my grandmother a nurse, the image painted on the plane is supposedly a cartoonish version of her. she was actually German but they said she was dutch to avoid and contempt or ill feeling from anyone) with his at the time co-pilot Roy in the pilots seat, my grandfather took the picture. He was a professional photographer and as I'm the only amateur photographer in the family I ended up with all his gear (some of which I still use) including the medium format camera he used to take this photo View attachment 374629
I've always loved planes from that era. My grandfather is the reason I'm so into photography and why I always wanted to be a military pilot.. of course the Diabetes (that I also presumably got from him as he was the only recorded diabetic in the family, though his onset came later in life (mine was diagnosed at 14, he was in his 30s I believe) we are (were) both insulin dependent.
