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That's really neat Bob - I just sold a #51 that I acquired in a large load of old stuff from a friend who moved back to NY recently.
Regretfully I don't believe I have any 'USN' equipment on my RR...   :-(     Perhaps I should rectify that situation considering my Dad was Navy and I was born in the Brooklyn US Navy Hospital a week after 'D- Day'

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@pennsyfan posted:

Very nice Ed!

George H. W. Bush, trained how to fly this plane in Westerly, Rhode Island, at a specialized small scale US Army Air Base where pilots learned how to drop bombs at night.  The training exercises were over Wordens Pond in Wakefield, RI. 15 miles from their base in Westerly, RI.  Many pilots died crashing their planes in the pond. The pond is actually the largest body of freshwater in RI.  Pres. Bush, one of the few that was successful in accomplishing his training. To this day occasionally a 200 ponder will be found in the pond.

TBF Avenger

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George H. W. Bush, trained how to fly this plane in Westerly, Rhode Island, at a specialized small scale US Army Air Base where pilots learned how to drop bombs at night.  The training exercises were over Wordens Pond in Wakefield, RI. 15 miles from their base in Westerly, RI.  Many pilots died crashing their planes in the pond. The pond is actually the largest body of freshwater in RI.  Pres. Bush, one of the few that was successful in accomplishing his training. To this day occasionally a 200 ponder will be found in the pond.

TBF Avenger

Great story! Thanks, Ted.

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