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Barrett · 11 June 2001, 01:16 PM

Sgt. Tom Mottershead, whose fighting heart knew no bounds. He dragged his observer from the blazing remains of their FE-2, and while dying of burns in hospital jumped out of bed to watch a balloon going down. However, for "above and beyond" action, he already deserved the VC (IMHO) for shooting up a German airdrome--after landing on it and taxiing close to the hangars!
We just don't build 'em like that anymore.

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Barrett Forum Ace of Aces Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: The American West Posts: 4,936	Sgt. Tom Mottershead, whose fighting heart knew no bounds. He dragged his observer from the blazing remains of their FE-2, and while dying of burns in hospital jumped out of bed to watch a balloon going down. However, for "above and beyond" action, he already deserved the VC (IMHO) for shooting up a German airdrome--after landing on it and taxiing close to the hangars! We just don't build 'em like that anymore. __________________ You will not rise to the occasion: You will default to your level of training.