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| Boots made for flying, Charleston, SC |
One of my volunteer gentlemen came to my meeting wearing these boots he had had handmade for him in India seventy years ago. Wow. What a piece of history. He had been flying planes into China as part of the China, Burma, India theater as a
Flying Tiger pilot. The boots might not fit me but I told him not to take off his leather jacket or he might lose it. Thanks Mr. Cobert!
5 comments:
Quite an experience as a veteran!
They ARE great boots and a great story also.
Imagine the stories he could tell!
I wonder if your friend knew my friend, Rosaline Grashaw, who flew as an air hostess with the Flying Tigers for ages... I did a post about her recently, after finding out she had passed away.
http://mrssplapthing.blogspot.com/2015/10/october-is-month-for-remembering.html
It sounds like some really great feet are filling these boots!
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