[Milsurplus] documentary question

[Thomas Adams]

THAT'S the guy!

"Dale Halvorsen" should be "Gail Halvorsen"; he was the "Chocolat Fleiger"
from the Berlin Airlif, who dropped chocolate bars on tiny parachutes to kids
at the end of the runway at Templehof.

The memory plays tricks sometimes... and Norweigian names seem to all blend
together for me! ;o)


Mr. T. W9LBB



At 18:37 11-09-09, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:

>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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