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It belonged to my Uncle Donald, my grandfathers brother. Donald was a very successful general contractor in the Seattle area. He never saw the need to learn to swim. At 6’7” he thought he could get out of the water. He was found under a log in the DeChutes River in Oregon after he fell from his boat.

My great-great uncle brought this in the 1920’s. It was my father’s favorite field gun. I believe it was made in 1916.

The air-force provided a missing man fly over at his funeral. With bagpipers it was very moving.

Fin2Feather wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:17 pm Great story and pics. My late brother-in-law was a B-24 tail gunner over Germany, a pretty dangerous spot from what I hear. He made it though.

My Uncle was the same a tail gunner and was shot down and killed over France.

My father in law flew B-17s in Europe in WW II, the Berlin airlift and the Korean War. Some great medals with over 3500 hours in the air. He bombed Emden the petrochemical industry in Germany. In 1956 my father went to Eden to rebuild the first petrochemical plant after the war. The wings signify ov...

Hi flight jacket the small dots on the back are islands he bombed. He led the first low level bombing/stranding run on Iwo Jima. Must of been something with hundreds of those B-24s coming in low with all guns blazing.

B-24 in the Pacific. My Achin’ Rod wonder how that would fly in todays Air-Force

I am not sure if I can find a picture of my Uncle. All the men of those generations were over 6' 5". Uncle Donald was 6'7". My Great great great Uncle Eb was 6'9" and the acknowledged Bull of the Woods in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. My father was raised on Mt. Rainer in a depression...

Thanks for all the information. My great-great Uncle bought the gun. E was a successful contractor in Washington State. The gun was used for ducks and pheasants, etc. One of pictures of him shows a large amount of ducks lined up. Unfortunately he didn't believe he needed to learn to swim. He drowned...

Any idea how much this may be worth? The gunsmith who put the the pad on offered me $2500.00 but this is going to my son.

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