105-Year-Old WW2 Bomber Pilot Shares a Century of Wisdom | Colin Bell (E405)
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Well, Colin, you're three days away from turning 105. Correct. You truly are one of the last men standing from those mosquito pilots in World War II. Probably. Over 50 missions over Germany, 13 of them over Berlin itself.
And we want to find out from you today what it takes to fly into hell. and most importantly what it takes to come home again. I'd simply say that it was a job to be done. We had to defeat the Germans because they had some very nasty plans of what they were going to do over here if they ever subjugated us. You've just had to get on.
and do it. It didn't help to have too much imagination. I always remember that Sailor Milan, who was a Battle of Britain pilot, a very experienced Battle of Britain pilot, he said that in his experience survivors were those possessed of a lot too much imagination. Fear kills. And um s so
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