Once Berlin fell, he applied and was rewarded with a visa to come to America. Joined the Army, so he’d have a job while he learned the language. Was sent to Korea.

Old age finally caught up, he passed away in the VA hospital. To the end it was his delight to respond to questions of “have I seen you before?” with “Depends, which side were you on in which year?”

Actually thought it a grand adventure, fighting Russians and then coming to America and building a business from what skills he had.

Wish we had more like him.

– Max

Here’s a site with the icky details:http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Sabrejet_crash_site.htm

Hope that link works.

Now, please, nobody hit me or anything, but yes it could be worse, and was in fact worse on one occasion.

Anybody remember when that private citizen in a civilly registered F-86 smacked it into a Farrell’s ice cream parlor in some town in SoCal? He wiped out most of three generations of one particular family. Oh, and he lived. Stayed with the jet, right into the mall. North American built tough airplanes.

I wonder where he is now, what he’s doing, has he changed his name etc.

And yes, that caused a change in the FARs

Of course, it is Latin for “Law is King.”