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Re: General Gunther Rall has passed away at the age of 91 years old.
Günther Rall was one of my favourite aces of WWII.
I'm very sad. At least, he had a long and honored life. RIP |
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Re: General Gunther Rall has passed away at the age of 91 years old.
Rall will fly with the stars!
O descanço é merecido! Brettas |
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General Gunther Rall has passed away at the age of 91 years old.
I met Gunther Rall at a book signing event at the 'Aces High Gallery' in Wendover, England a short time ago.
I have to say he was an extremely polite man, who answered all questions patiently and enthusiastically and was delighted that I had taken my 7 year old Son along too! He was able to sign both a copy of his first biography by Jill Amadio and also a copy of Volume 1 of Obermeier's 'Ritterkreuztrager der Jagdfleiger' book. He seemed genuinly interested in the questions which were put to him and was without doubt a very interesting man to meet. Regards Richard. |
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Re: General Gunther Rall has passed away at the age of 91 years old.
I just obtained recent issue of Fliegerblatt with Kurt Braatz artical about Mr. Rall ... and tommorow I will drive nearby of Mr. Rall´s house, so I decided to drop few lines in this thread.
I met Mr. Rall about 4 times, once in Prague, two times in an event organized by Gemeinschaft d. F. and once I visited him at home (and in very painfull way I realized that my forehead is higher than his restroom´s door frame )I was always amazed how Mr. Rall was friendly, open, communicative and tolerant (he did not blame me for delay caused by traffic jam near Munich and picked us up in the parking plot down in valley, btw). I think he did a lot of positive work for communication between aviation and veteran communities in Europe and across Atlantic. Last but not least, he was always amazing me how healthy and active he was despite of his age (almost 90) and his WWII wound. At his home he was walking faster than me! To be precise, he was almost running. Exemplar for long healthy life and positive influence towards other people.
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