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Vintage Wings Inc.
1942 Douglas C-53-DO Skytrooper

A 501c3 Historical Foundation
Signatures In The Cabin
Inside of the cabin of the C-53 is a growing collection of very rare and very important signatures.
They are those of every WWII veteran who has visited
"Beach City Baby."
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We are currently fighting a race against time, but it is our mission that at every airshow & event we attend, we wish to get any WWII veteran in Attendance, aboard "Beach City Baby" to add their signature to a growing list of heroes in
The cabin.
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Our Roll of honor is as follows:
Sgt. Stanley Lantz,
B-17 Ball Turret Gunner
US Army Air Force

M. L. Weaver
C-47 Captain, Air Transport Command, US Army Air Corps
CHina - Burma

B-29 Flight Engineer, Ralph Woods
Pacific Theater, 20th Air Force, US ARMY Air Force

C-47/ C-53 Captain, Jim Gorman
12th Air Force, US Army Air Force

C-47/ C-53 Captain, Alan Shapiro
316th Troop Carriers, US Army Air Force

BIll Pilati
BAttle of the Bulge Veteran,
US Army, Infantry

Quinton Standau
B-25 Captain, Air Apaches,
345th Bomb Group
US Army Air Force, Pacific Theater

Howard MArtz
C-47 Radio Operator
European Theater of Operations

Frank Stellar
36th Infantry
Sicilian & Italian Theaters

B-17 Captain
Ray Firmani
European Theater of Operations
8th Air Force

Gordon "Bud" Hardwick
Royal Canadian Air Force, 408 Squadron
Handley Page-HAlifax TAilgunner

Bob Buckler
388th Bomb Group
B-17 Tailgunner

Christy Fier
26th Yankee Division
"I" Company, 328th Regiment
"BAttle of the Bulge"
