Charles F. Domaire

I am sorry to hear of Charles death. My sympathies go out to his family, for I know they have lost a fine person.

My memories of Charles go far back in time! I grew up with him during his early years in Rochester. Actually I am about 4 years younger, but Charles, my sister, his next door neighbor Phyllis, "Bobby" from across the street, and Dorothy from the next street over were all very close in age. We all hung around together and had many good times together.

Then Charlie...

I have known Charlie since I was 15 years old and started hanging around with his son, who ended up being my brother in law. He was always very interesting to talk to and treated us kids as equals. Later in life I found out he flew many WWII bombing missions aboard the B-17 Rupture Duck, one of my favorite planes of the war. He shared with me some of the details of what it was like during that perilous time in his life. I was amazed at the sacrifices he and others made during that war. As a...