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Old 12th Jul 2012, 17:14
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Milo Minderbinder
 
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OK, I think personally its time to close this thread down.

Despite the Lt.Col's history showing no similarity to the story told to you by the visitor you insist in perpetuating the theory that he was the man you met.

Lets look at it
The Lt Col was a Bomabardier not a pilot
Theres no record of him serving in the UK
He was born in Wisconsin, not Canada
The date of birth doesn't match with the notification from your visitors daughter.
All these points together indicate clearly that you have the wrong man.
Besides which you have a specific statement from his son stating that your comments were wrong, and also requesting that you desist from investigating his father further.

We have a possible candidate in the "Hurricane Pilot" Raasch listed on that veterans reunion website. Unfortunately we've been unable to get more details, but what we know seems to fit better: certainly that man had RAF or RCAF wings

Its time to stop this now - unless anyone can find out more about that mans (I mean the Hurricane pilot) history. Hankering after someone who is clearly the wrong man and inventing spurious theories about his behavior simply discredits the site, and perpetuates any annoyance to the family.
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