World War II Pilot is building a scale replica of Mosquito Bomber

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http://www.ocala.com/article/2011042...NEWS?p=1&tc=pg

Russell F. Loomis Jr. needed steady hands and cool composure to pilot a Douglas A-20 Havoc fighter-bomber in risky missions over World War II-ravaged France, Belgium and Germany.

.art_main_pic { width: 250px; float: left; clear: left; } Sixty-seven years later at age 87, those steady hands are crafting a three-quarter-scale replica of another plane that helped the Allies pound Germany into submission during the war.
Loomis, a retired aeronautical engineer, can be found most days assembling a British Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito bomber in his west Marion workshop.