World War II Veterans

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

3 hours ago, charon said:

 

** she's more prolific than me at contact tbf, and I've had zero contact with one bro in 12 years, and the other in 18. No grief, just not got around to it.

That is fucking sad you sad man. You should get around to contacting them.

[maryportfuncity 10,642]

On 13/09/2018 at 21:08, charon said:

 

 

Lolled at this on fb today.

 

 

 

 

Aye ye murdering Nazi fucker, I'm sure thousands of surviving civilians in France and Germany really want you to see Xmas.

 

Absolute scumball.

 

 

Only went to social media after that picture sat on Tinder for three weeks without a swipe in the right direction

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Richard Brookins, a World War II veteran remembered for having dressed as Saint Nicholas on December 5, 1944 to bring joy to kids in Luxembourg, has died.  He was 96.  Brookins was featured in the 2015 documentary 'The American St. Nick', which saw him travel back to Luxembourg.  His notoriety led him to be inducted into the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame. (Yes, such a thing exists.)

 

http://www.wxxinews.org/post/remembering-richard-brookins-american-st-nick

 

https://www.santaclaushall.com/2016-inductees/richard-brookins/

[Clorox Bleachman 2,407]

Gustav Gerneth turns 113 today! 

 

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen-anhalt/article182125006/Deutschlands-wohl-aeltester-Mann-113-Jahre-alt-geworden.html?zanpid=11459_1539610685_9ce390846c4e9a882e660e70f26cbf67

[charon 4,943]

https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/man-who-foiled-nazi-nuclear-plan-dies-aged-99/articleshow/66307192.cms

 

Joachim Roenneberg who led the raid on Norway's heavy water plant , dead @ 99.

[Death Impends 7,957]

On 26/07/2018 at 05:12, charon said:

Could go in many threads, but in here she goes.

 

Anne Olivier Bell at 102.

 

Was the widow of Quentin Bell, part of the Bloomsbury Group and mother to Virginia Nicholson and Cressida Bell.

 

 

Was part of the Monuments Men crowd, who tried to get back the Art stolen by Adolf.

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/19/anne-olivier-bell-obituary

 

 

 

Another of the last living Monuments Men, Harry L. Ettlinger, dead at 92.

 

Not yet updated for Ettlinger's death, but the Monuments Men Foundation website helpfully notes the remaining survivors:

 

• Richard M. Barancik (b. 1924)
• Nicholas Defino (b. 1924)
• Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (b. 1927)
• Rouben Sami (b. 1921)

[Whitehouse 872]

Last survivor of WWII raid on Rome’s Jewish Ghetto dies

 

he last survivor of the 1943 Nazi raid on the Rome Ghetto, in which more than 1,000 Jews were taken away to concentration camps, has died aged 91, the Italian Jewish community said Friday.

 

Lello Di Segni was 16 years old when he was seized with his parents and three younger siblings in the round-up during the first weeks of occupation by the Third Reich’s troops.

 

 

(Okay, no veteran but WW2.)

[Sir Creep 7,070]

TWO opportunities today to populate the 'last of the mohicans' thread....gone.  *shrugs* what can you do?

[Redrumours 860]

16 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

TWO opportunities today to populate the 'last of the mohicans' thread....gone.  *shrugs* what can you do?

Get on with it.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

18 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

TWO opportunities today to populate the 'last of the mohicans' thread....gone.  *shrugs* what can you do?

If it helps, I'd posted Lello Di Segni in the thread 'The Ones That Got Away' on Friday, prior to it showing up here.    

[CastAway 488]

Israeli vet and former Israeli Commander of the Navy Shlomo Erell dead at 98:

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5410119,00.html (in Hebrew)

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

Harry Leslie Smith, a bit of a twitter celeb who I follow, seems to be in his final  hours at 95. He was tweeting until 10 hours ago when he said he had to go to hospital,now his son has taken over his account and says he is in serious condition, not  looking good. . Very sad if he does go. He is proof positive that wisdom comes from age ! https://twitter.com/Harryslaststand

[time 8,594]

Oldest Pearl Harbour survivor Ray Chavez has died aged 106.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

8 hours ago, time said:

Oldest Pearl Harbour survivor Ray Chavez has died aged 106.

 

 

Was on my Easter Deadpool last year.  RIP

 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

John Wynne, a Wing Commander and Royal Air Force veteran who led a daring 1945 mission that saw him chased by over 100 German planes, has died.  He was 97. 

 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6442683/RAF-hero-pilot-dodged-100-German-fighters-died-aged-97.html

 

[charon 4,943]

Peter Gouldstone at 98.

 

On most folks lists for next year I'd have thought after getting a severe doing in a burglary last month.

 

Obits all over the place.

 

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-12-01/second-world-war-veteran-98-dies-after-violent-robbery-at-home/

 

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

To be fair,  HW Bush should go here as well.  He was decorated fighter pilot at the end of WWII.  Respect.

[Bibliogryphon 9,570]

Twitter reporting the death of Flt Lt Bob Hughes 23 Squadron

[charon 4,943]

On 01/12/2018 at 17:05, Skinny kiltrunner said:

To be fair,  HW Bush should go here as well.  He was decorated fighter pilot at the end of WWII.  Respect.

 

 

?

 

All pilots, indeed folk who served, were "decorated".

 

Still a cunt tho, and begat a stupider one.

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

8 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Twitter reporting the death of Flt Lt Bob Hughes 23 Squadron

And for the benefit of everyone who can't mind read, Flt Lt W. R. K. Hughes was one of the last surviving airmen of the Battle of Britain.

Brings the number down to just seven.

All guaranteed obits now I would think.

[YoungWillz 21,028]

3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

And for the benefit of everyone who can't mind read, Flt Lt W. R. K. Hughes was one of the last surviving airmen of the Battle of Britain.

Brings the number down to just seven.

All guaranteed obits now I would think.

Here's my post from earlier this year:

 

On ‎20‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 02:03, YoungWillz said:

With the loss of Tom Neil and Geoffrey Wellum, of the surviving Few of the Battle of Britain there seem to remain:

 

Flt Lt William Terence Clark (b. 1919)

Wg Cmdr John "Tim" Elkington (b. 1920)

Wg Cmdr Paul Farnes (b. 1918)

Sqn Ldr John Stewart Hart (b. 1916)

Flt Lt William Robert Kent Hughes (b. ??)

Flt Lt Maurice Mounsdon (b. c1918)

 

Looks like I missed Hemingway and McInnes.

[charon 4,943]

And the other Nationalities in the BoB are included in that list?

Or just Brit? Or Allied? Or including Axis?

[YoungWillz 21,028]

3 minutes ago, charon said:

And the other Nationalities in the BoB are included in that list?

Or just Brit? Or Allied? Or including Axis?

I think we had The Few, the Germans had the Fuhrer.

[charon 4,943]

10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

I think we had The Few, the Germans had the Fuhrer.

 

Lol.

 

Or they had the Jews, we had the jurers.

 

Point being, if this is only one lot of the survivors of the BoB, it seems a bit "Yankish" behaviour to be honest.

[Ulitzer95 12,577]

2 hours ago, charon said:

 

Lol.

 

Or they had the Jews, we had the jurers.

 

Point being, if this is only one lot of the survivors of the BoB, it seems a bit "Yankish" behaviour to be honest.

Good question. This site is a useful. Seems there were 2937 airmen altogether. 2342 were Brits. 595 were from other nations, so about 20% (if you click on a country it gives you a profile of each airman). Given that the fate of some is still unknown there is a chance that there may be more than 7 surviving Airmen out there but chances are becoming pretty slim now.