<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Curtis. If you love stories like this, I’d like to recommend a book I just finished which was recommended to me by Larry Jolly.<div class="">A Higher Call by Adam Makos. Sensational story about WWII air combat.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 28, 2017, at 7:43 AM, CURTIS SUTER <<a href="mailto:suterc@msn.com" class="">suterc@msn.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">One might think that such harrowing experiences would have taken the fight out of
Louis,</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">yet he volunteered for another combat tour. This time, Uncle Sam sent him to the
Philippines</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">where he flew P-51 Mustangs.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Soon after arriving in the Pacific Theater, Louis downed a Mitsubishi reconnaissance
plane</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">near Taiwan. Now he was one of only three Americans to have kills against all three
Axis Powers:</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Germany, Italy, and Japan.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><span style="" class=""><a href="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Curtis-in-Bad-Angel.jpg?iv=239" target="_blank" title="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Curtis-in-Bad-Angel.jpg?iv=239" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;text-decoration:none" class=""><img border="0" width="300" height="212" id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Curtis-in-Bad-Angel-300x212.jpg" alt="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Curtis-in-Bad-Angel.jpg?iv=239" class=""></span></i></b></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Pilot Lt. Louis Curdes in his P-51 Mustang “</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red" class="">Bad
Angel</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Up until this point, young Lt. Curdes’ combat career had been stellar. His story
was about to take</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">a twist so bizarre that it seems like the fictional creation of a Hollywood screenwriter.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">While attacking the Japanese-held island of Batan, one of Louis wingmen was shot
down.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">The pilot ditched in the ocean. Circling overhead, Louis could see that his wingman
had survived,</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">so he stayed in the area to guide a rescue plane and protect the downed pilot.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">It wasn’t long before he noticed another, larger airplane, wheels down, preparing
to land at the</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Japanese-held airfield on Batan. He moved in to investigate. Much to his surprise
the approaching</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">He tried to make radio contact, but without success. He maneuvered his Mustang
in front of the</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">big transport several times trying to wave it off. The C-47 kept to its landing
target.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Lt. Curdes read the daily newspaper accounts of the war, including the viciousness
of the Japanese</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">soldiers toward their captives. He knew that whoever was in that American C-47
would be, upon</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">landing, either dead or wish they were. But what could he do?</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Audaciously, he lined up his P-51 directly behind the transport, carefully sighted
one of his .50 caliber</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">machine guns and knocked out one of its two engines. Still the C-47 continued on
toward the Batan</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">airfield. Curdes shifted his aim slightly and knocked out the remaining engine,
leaving the baffled</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">pilot no choice but to ditch in the ocean.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><span style="" class=""><a href="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Machine-Gun.jpg?iv=239" target="_blank" title="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Machine-Gun.jpg?iv=239" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;text-decoration:none" class=""><img border="0" width="503" height="360" id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Machine-Gun-503x360.jpg" alt="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Machine-Gun.jpg?iv=239" class=""></span></i></b></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">One of “</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red" class="">Bad
Angel’s</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">” .50 caliber machine guns built into it wings.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">The big plane came down in one piece about 50 yards from his bobbing wingman.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">At this point, nightfall and low fuel forced Louis to return to base.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">The next morning, Louis flew cover for a rescuing PBY Catalina Flying Boat that
picked</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">up the downed Mustang pilot and 12 passengers and crew, including two female nurses,</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><span style="" class=""><a href="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Ammunition-Cal-50.jpg?iv=239" target="_blank" title="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Ammunition-Cal-50.jpg?iv=239" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003366;text-decoration:none" class=""><img border="0" width="300" height="214" id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Ammunition-Cal-50-300x214.jpg" alt="http://maxcdn.devildogproducti.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Ammunition-Cal-50.jpg?iv=239" class=""></span></i></b></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">.50 caliber ammo for P-51 Mustangs</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">For shooting down an unarmed American transport plane, Lt. Louis Curdes was awarded
the</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">Distinguished Flying Cross. Thereafter, on the fuselage of his P-51 “</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red" class="">Bad
Angel</span></i></b><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">,” he proudly</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292929" class="">displayed the symbols of his kills: seven German, one Italian, one Japanese and
one American flag.</span></i></b><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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