He was down in Colombia same time I was.
5 seconds sound clip from the The High and the Mighty (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:04:28 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Sure looks old for a copilot.
- Didn't know we were so hard up.
- Oh, he weren't always a copilot.
- We used to call him Whistling Dan.
- One of the finest men you'd ever know. And the most miserable.
- He was down in Colombia same time I was.
- I remember that one. Right after the war, wasn't it?
- Yeah. Dan hits flap, but the ship breaks in half and there's nothing but fire in 10 seconds.
- Dan gets tossed through the cockpit window and only gets a few scratches plus that game leg of his.
[...]