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Originally Posted by Porsche-poor
its a tad more than a flu.
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One of my buddies that is 69 years old works at a local prison got Covid-19 at work. He had to take 10 days off work and he said for him, it was the typical aches and stiff joints from the fever and no fun, but not that bad. He said he had the regular flu 20 years ago and hurt so bad he was hoping someone would break in and shoot him to put him out of his misery. He said it the worst thing he ever went through. Of course everyone is different.
I have been watching a interesting series on Amazon. It is a British show called Time Team. They are real archaeologist, and do digs at different sites all over Great Brittan. That island has a LONG history.
Anyway, last night was an episode they were digging in a marshy area that during WW2 and flight of B-17 aircraft were returning form a bombing mission and flying in formation. As they descended through a cloud layer one of the pilots had a engine problem and had to feather the prop, and then got disoriented, started diving, broke out of the clouds, and saw he was at a steep angle, and pulled up too hard, went back up, and his tail hit another of the B-17s and broke off his tail, and then rotated down and smashed into the same B-17 and they both crashed and all crew were killed.
The airplane that was hit, was on their 25th and final mission. The war was over for them, and they were going to go home. They never got the chance.
The Army-Airforce recovered the bodies and the major wreckage at the time. They went looking for more evidence and found large pieces of the B-17. The local town has a museum to honor the two crews that died. The also have a memorial at the site. The dig recovers two of the 50 caliber machine guns that will be cleaned up, and on display at the museum.