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Pelikan 101N After 72 Years In The Grave.

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A fantastic story !!!

Write, write, write. Use your pens not your fingers !!!

 

 

 

 

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The defense of Poland is not something we have heard much about here. I am glad to learn about this man and his troops even so late in my education.

 

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Events of ww2 facinate me and add to that a thrilling restoration of a vintage fountain pen of a war hero. :notworthy1:

Thanks for sharing this. :thumbup:

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What a story and what a restoration; words cannot adequately describe this historical gem. This thread should be pinned so that it doesn't become buried and forgotten.

Bryan

 

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I agree with you, this topic should be pinned.

Write, write, write. Use your pens not your fingers !!!

 

 

 

 

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I applaud your skills and determination in restoring the pen and thank you for sharing the story of this particular Polish hero.

 

Pavoni.

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So glad this thread has been revived. Fascinating and so historically important. The pen before work commenced compared with the end product is truly amazing. What an honor for you to have been a part of this, Dexter FOP! Thanks for sharing.

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Truly a story of an exceptional soldier and officer. The story of the return to duty of the pen as a display with its wounds showing is a testament to the dedication of the Captain himself. How honored the restorers must be to have created a war memorial as meaningful as those thousands of times the size of this personal belonging which lay with the Captain through the years.

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Curiosity begs me to ask: "Why was the grave excavated?

 

A wonderful and excellent story of bravery by those who defend their Home-Land!

Fair winds and following seas.

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This is, bar none, the most amazing pen story I've yet read. Perhaps I'll give the museum a visit.

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Great story!!!!!!!

Write, write, write. Use your pens not your fingers !!!

 

 

 

 

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Great story

Write, write, write. Use your pens not your fingers !!!

 

 

 

 

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reminds me of a downed P-38F Lightning in Greenland, They yanked it from hundreds feet of ice and restored it

one of the damning evidence of quality craftsmanship is when they thawed the cockpit, Curiosity got best of some ground crew they flipped master electrical switch and cockpit light switch, the gauges glimmered very faint golden yellow

 

Uhh it was sunk and then frozen under about 250 feet of ice for almost 60 years and gauges works lol wow

 

 

 

After intensive restorating everything to 1942 P-38F blueprint specs with some modern additions required by FAA( GPS, modified radios and blackboxes etc) . the P-38F marked airworthy as of 2000's?

 

It was renamed to Glacier Girl

 

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'The Yo-Yo maneuver is very difficult to explain. It was first perfected by the well-known Chinese fighter pilot Yo-Yo Noritake. He also found it difficult to explain, being quite devoid of English.

So we left it at that. He showed us the maneuver after a sort. B*****d stole my kill.'

-Squadron Leader K. G. Holland, RAF. WWII China.

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