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Bushrod · 12-20-2003, 09:47 AM

I guess WWl flyers really had to bundle up so a handgun would be difficult to get at. Except for the Germans at the end, there were no parachutes so they rode the plane in or jumped if their ac was hit. Who needs a survival kit? MvR was an avid hunter and probably appreciated firearms, but he doesn't seem like the desperate type who would fight to avoid capture(Frank Luke?). He was carrying French money so maybe he thought a payoff was the way to go. Mick Mannock vowed to shoot himself if his plane ever caught fire and carried a revolver. It did but no one know if he got to use his gun.

12-20-2003, 09:47 AM	#7
Bushrod User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: NY Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I guess WWl flyers really had to bundle up so a handgun would be difficult to get at. Except for the Germans at the end, there were no parachutes so they rode the plane in or jumped if their ac was hit. Who needs a survival kit? MvR was an avid hunter and probably appreciated firearms, but he doesn't seem like the desperate type who would fight to avoid capture(Frank Luke?). He was carrying French money so maybe he thought a payoff was the way to go. Mick Mannock vowed to shoot himself if his plane ever caught fire and carried a revolver. It did but no one know if he got to use his gun.