A final chapter to the Freddie Upchurch story...for now...
Another boring summer day...what to do?
Freddie comes up with another idea.
He had noticed that a variety of airplanes landed at the Hughes Aircraft landing strip nearby our house in ulver City ...
Now Freddie mobilized his troops - just Kent and I - in our fighting uniforms...Freddie was outfitted in a complete soldier outfit, with canteens, knives, compass, etc. - all in camoflage...
Kent and I were outfitted in our fighting uniforms...shorts and a tee shirt...it's the best we could do... :))
Freddie loaned us BB guns from his arsenal and we were ready!
Freddie had us march down the streets toward Hughes, probably counting cadence for the patrol...
When we got to Hughes we headed straight for the east end of the property - it had a cliff facing to the east and the planes always landed from the east...
We took our position and waited for the first unlucky plane that crossed our path!
Here it comes! Ready!! FIRE!!!
We quickly unloaded our one shot apiece at the approaching aircraft...we couldn't have been more than a quarter of a mile from the intended target...easy range for a Daisy BB gun!!
We all thought we got a piece of the plane - we even heard the BB's bounce off... :))
Couldn't understand what kept that baby in the air, though...
We spent most of the afternoon trying to bring down every kind of plane that came in...they most have had some pretty exotic airframes in those days... BB gun proof, I think...
When we were satisfied that we had defended our position and things were safe for America, it was time to march home - with Freddie barking out orders all the way home.
Wonder whatever happened to that juvenile patriot???
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