[Milsurplus] documentary question

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I Googled "Wisconsin Public Television P-47 and found
the bits on a P-47 pilot named Quentin Aanenson.
 
I wonder if this is the fellow of whom you were thinking.
There are several listings for him.
 
73 - Mac, K2GKK/5
(Since 30 Nov 53)
Oklahoma City, OK
USAF, Retired

 
> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:18:37 -0500
> To: jfor at quik.com; densmore at ntl.sympatico.ca
> From: quixote2 at ix.netcom.com
> CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] documentary question
> 
> I remember that one!
> 
> As it happens, I'm an engineer at Wisconsin Public Television.
> 
> It was his recollections from before his enlistment, thru his tour of duty
> in the ETO, concluding with his rotation home at the end of the war & his
> mustering out.
> 
> If I remember correctly, that program (multiple parts) came from Minnesota
> Public Television... so PBS wouldn't have a record of it. We would have
> gotten it from a regional satellite feed.
> 
> Once again, I'm relying on memory... but I believe the pilot's name was
> Dale Halvorson, or something close to that.
> 
> Hope this puts you on a track to find the show.
> 
> 
> 73's,
> 
> Mr. T. W9LBB
> 
> 
>>===============
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> The military knowledge on this list is awesome so I am going to ask
>>> forgiveness for the following off topic question.
>>>
>>> Several years ago PBS showed a documentary based on the diary of a P-47
>>> Thunderbolt pilot, and his experiences during WWII. I figured it would
>>> show
>>> up again but it has not AFAIK. I have checked the PBS library and have not
>>> been able to find it listed in their archives.
>>>
>>> The documentary was IMO quite awesome and I wonder if anyone knows the
>>> name
>>> of this film and/or where it can be obtained.
>>>
>>> Thanks, 73,
>>> Keith ve3ts
>>>
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