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Bulletin Board for Mexican Expeditionary Air Force 201st Fighter Squadron




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I WAS BORN IN MEXICO IN 1958, I ALWAYS LIKED AVIATION, I LIVED NEAR THE AMERICAN BORDER AND SAW LOTS OF PLANES FLIYING OVER MEXICAN SKIES, I THOUGHT THEY WERE MEXICAN AIRPLANES UNTIL I WAS 18 YEARS OF AGE, I REALIZED THEY WERE NOT; AND THAT THE AIR FORCE EXISTING AT THAT TIME IN MEXICO WAS ALMOST A "HOBBY" AIR FORCE FOR THE MOST PRIVILEGED PEOPLE IN MEXICO. I SAW A MEXICAN B&W FILM DEPICTING THE HEROIC BATTLES OF THE 201 IN WWII, I'M LOOKING FOR THAT NAME OF THAT FILM AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS SUBJECT, IT WAS A CHILDHOOD PASSION FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT THE 201 SINCE I WAS A KID. LOOKING AT A B&W PICTURE OF GEORGE PREDDY SPORTING HIS PENCIL MUSTACHE; I KNEW HE WAS MY FAVORITE MEXICAN PILOT HERO..!! (JA..!!) THANKS manny

Posted by Manuel Ozorio
Jul 04 2007 05:19:18:000AM




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