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**Rain Man** · 01-25-2004, 02:09 AM

Lucy Coopersmith
3128 Thames Street
Cambridge, England

My dearest Lucy,

I miss you and I think about you every day. It's hard to believe that I'm engaged to a woman whom I've only known for two weeks!

We just finished our first mission, and it's strange to be the pilot of one of these big ships. If only the guys in algebra class could see me now! I'm proud to say that we had the highest bombing rating in our squadron - 60 percent! - though that was more the bombardier's work than mine. I just fly the thing. We saw 8 enemy airplanes on our way in, but there's only seven of them now, thanks to our tail gunner.

I should describe our crew to you, or at least what little I know of them so far.

tk13 is my copilot, so he sits next to me in the cockpit. He wears the Number 13 a lot, which I don't like, and he likes to play with the dials while I'm flying. I'm still trying to figure him out.

My bombardier is from Chicago, so we call him Chitown. He sits down in the nose of the plane with the navigator, and he's really good. The best in the squadron, according to the stats, even if he does have to be dragged out of the pubs at night.

Our navigator is a great guy. When I first saw his name, whoman69, I thought maybe he was one of those woman flyers. He's not, though, and that's good. I heard that a copilot in another plane killed his pilot over a girl.

Our engineer is Pitt Gorilla. I was kind of disappointed when I met him because I thought he would be one of those trained military gorillas, but he's not, even though he's kind of hairy. He is from Pittsburgh, though, even if it's not the big Pittsburgh.

KC Jones is our radio operator. He talks sometimes about his old-style house back home, and then he tries to call his wife on the radio. He's never reached her, but we think that once he managed to reach Hermann Goering.

Our tail gunner is Duck Dog. He says he got the nickname when someone threw a dog at him once right as he bent over to tie his shoe. He's a crack shot, and killed a Messerschmidt on our first mission!

Our ball turret gunner is named Dr. Nick. I don't think he's a real doctor, but he keeps trying to convince the women in the pub that he is, so we all try to help him out with that.

Our right waist gunner is cormac. He's from another country, so we like to pretend we can't understand him sometimes even though his English is flawless. We just keep saying, "Huh? Huh?" and it's kind of funny.

Our left waist gunner is The Rick. Not just any Rick, THE Rick. You've probably heard of him.

Anyway, it's a great crew, and we've got one mission down and 24 to go. Wish us luck, and I look forward to walking down the aisle with you when I get a good long leave!

1/LT Kevin

01-25-2004, 02:09 AM	#17
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-682449 VARSITY	Lucy Coopersmith 3128 Thames Street Cambridge, England My dearest Lucy, I miss you and I think about you every day. It's hard to believe that I'm engaged to a woman whom I've only known for two weeks! We just finished our first mission, and it's strange to be the pilot of one of these big ships. If only the guys in algebra class could see me now! I'm proud to say that we had the highest bombing rating in our squadron - 60 percent! - though that was more the bombardier's work than mine. I just fly the thing. We saw 8 enemy airplanes on our way in, but there's only seven of them now, thanks to our tail gunner. I should describe our crew to you, or at least what little I know of them so far. tk13 is my copilot, so he sits next to me in the cockpit. He wears the Number 13 a lot, which I don't like, and he likes to play with the dials while I'm flying. I'm still trying to figure him out. My bombardier is from Chicago, so we call him Chitown. He sits down in the nose of the plane with the navigator, and he's really good. The best in the squadron, according to the stats, even if he does have to be dragged out of the pubs at night. Our navigator is a great guy. When I first saw his name, whoman69, I thought maybe he was one of those woman flyers. He's not, though, and that's good. I heard that a copilot in another plane killed his pilot over a girl. Our engineer is Pitt Gorilla. I was kind of disappointed when I met him because I thought he would be one of those trained military gorillas, but he's not, even though he's kind of hairy. He is from Pittsburgh, though, even if it's not the big Pittsburgh. KC Jones is our radio operator. He talks sometimes about his old-style house back home, and then he tries to call his wife on the radio. He's never reached her, but we think that once he managed to reach Hermann Goering. Our tail gunner is Duck Dog. He says he got the nickname when someone threw a dog at him once right as he bent over to tie his shoe. He's a crack shot, and killed a Messerschmidt on our first mission! Our ball turret gunner is named Dr. Nick. I don't think he's a real doctor, but he keeps trying to convince the women in the pub that he is, so we all try to help him out with that. Our right waist gunner is cormac. He's from another country, so we like to pretend we can't understand him sometimes even though his English is flawless. We just keep saying, "Huh? Huh?" and it's kind of funny. Our left waist gunner is The Rick. Not just any Rick, THE Rick. You've probably heard of him. Anyway, it's a great crew, and we've got one mission down and 24 to go. Wish us luck, and I look forward to walking down the aisle with you when I get a good long leave! 1/LT Kevin __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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