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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #45 on: March 18, 2013, 12:20:25 PM »
Sad update to this thread. Jim Khougaz passed away earlier this month. Here is the Khougaz Roadster at Pebble Beach in 2007.
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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #46 on: March 18, 2013, 01:02:53 PM »
Sorry for your loss Greg! I remember when you posted this thread and have looked back on it a couple times. A true piece of art and history. :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #47 on: March 18, 2013, 01:14:32 PM »
Sorry about your uncle, Greg.  Saw your post and went back to the beginning.....wow.  Saw he flew B17's in WWII.  My step father, Robert Harwell, flew 69 missions over Germany in a B26 Marauders in WWII.  What a generation.  Thanks for sharing a bit of your family history with us.
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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #48 on: March 18, 2013, 01:28:48 PM »
Thank you for the kind thoughts. Jim had a great run. He was 88.

Quote from: Haird on March 18, 2013, 01:14:32 PM
My step father, Robert Harwell, flew 69 missions over Germany in a B26 Marauders in WWII.  What a generation. 

69!  Two and a half tours!  that is a very brave man.  The term "greatest generation" is most accurate.  I say that with no disrespect to any other generation.
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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #49 on: March 18, 2013, 01:40:15 PM »
Quote from: GregKhougaz on March 18, 2013, 01:28:48 PM
Thank you for the kind thoughts. Jim had a great run. He was 88.

69!  Two and a half tours!  that is a very brave man.  The term "greatest generation" is most accurate.  I say that with no disrespect to any other generation.

Greatest Generation....absolutely!  Yep, out of those 69 missions, only shot down once over France.  He has a book of his accounts and all his flight records.  He just turned 90.  Your uncle and my step father probably crossed paths along the way.
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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #50 on: March 18, 2013, 02:21:51 PM »
Quote from: Haird on March 18, 2013, 01:40:15 PM
Greatest Generation....absolutely!  Yep, out of those 69 missions, only shot down once over France.  He has a book of his accounts and all his flight records.  He just turned 90.  Your uncle and my step father probably crossed paths along the way.

That's an amazing survival story.  Many didn't make it through the first tour, much less two 1/2.
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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #51 on: March 18, 2013, 02:23:18 PM »
Sorry to hear about your Uncle's passing Greg.  I bet he was a great guy to sit and talk story with.  RIP Uncle John.

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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #52 on: March 18, 2013, 06:28:26 PM »
Quote from: GregKhougaz on March 18, 2013, 12:20:25 PM
Sad update to this thread. Jim Khougaz passed away earlier this month. Here is the Khougaz Roadster at Pebble Beach in 2007.

My condolences...
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Re: Jim Khougaz Dry Lakes Roadster
« Reply #53 on: March 18, 2013, 07:59:13 PM »
Greg,
Very sorry for your loss, with out doubt your Uncle Jim led a great life. You have treasures in the Chest!  ;)
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