Active bush pilot in alaska. He drove here from alaska by himself and will be on board one of the b17s. Rear admiral Edward Whitey fatener shot down nine enemy aircraft wildcats and f6 hell cats for the navy. Today hell be flying in one of the texans that comes by early in the flyover. Al tucker flew the p38 lightning in europe during world war ii before being shot down over germany on his 22nd git gatcombat mission. He was a prisoner of the germans. Mr. Tucker will be in one of the steerman biplanes during todays flyover. Weldon briton lives in virginia, but in 1945, he was a p51 mustang pilot based in the Pacific Theater and hell be participating in the flyover as a passenger in one of our b17 flying fortresses. Also with us today on the ground are foreveterans who participated in a Discussion Forum last night at the national air and space museum. Many thanks to bud anderson for joining us last night and again here this afternoon. As grateful as we are for their bravery, sacrifice an
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