Subject: Long-range Spitfires and daylight Bomber Command raids (was: #1 Jet of World War II) From: (Peter Stickney) Date: 8/21/03 7:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time I'll disagree here. You want two pilots so they can take turns flying tight formation. For night...

When I went to flight school in WW II every instructor we had was a combat veteran who returned after a full combat tour of duty was completed to instruct. My Bomb instructor was a bombardier with the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group. He flew 25 missions, most of them England to Berlin with no...

I think back to the war and the RAF heavies on their night missions. Missions flown in the winter usually were in atrocioius weather where there was no view of the gound and the sky above was overcast. There was no way to shoot at star fix or take a dirft reading from the ground. Working dead...

The Curse Of Kant (1917) The papers publish sob-stuff And drool of the horrors of strife They speak of the fallen as murdered And lie about us and our life. But we who are in it know better There still is a glory to war The death which one dies for Country

It was the 8th March 1944. A mission returning from France, two planes collided on final approach in bad weather, with fast moving, low hanging scud racing over the airfield. Both planes were from the 494th squadron and all 12 men were killed that day. Lest we forget. 1`st. Lt. John Eckert,...

They had no golf in Vietnam. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

I got an e-mail from a lurker wanting to know why I always referred to fighter cover as "TOP COVER" That's because our (USAAC) fighters always flew above us so they would have a sigificant diving advantage over any attackers The RAF Spits however socked in around us like a clamshell and went down...

Subject: WTF! - US soldiers get FREE nose jobs and breast implants From: "= Vox Populi ©" Vox Populi ©" Date: 7/22/2004 9:45 AM "I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a shotgun in order to get a deferment. Not was I willing to go to Canada. So I chose...

The tighter the formation you fly the tighter the bomb pattern on the ground and the more damage you do to the enemy. http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer/stripes.htm

When the troops of the 9th armored division reached the bridge at Remaagen on March 7th they stopped undecided what to do. General William Hoge saw the bridge standing aand ordered it to be taken with the East end of the bridge secured. Lt. Karl Timmermann led the charge takig the bridge and...

He went down on this mornings mission. He won't be back. When Paul, Bob and I arrived at the 344th we were assigned to the 494th squadron and given separate quarters along the squadron street. I entered mine and dumped my stuff on the one empty bunk there. I unpacked my B-4 bag, hung up my...

Subject: Long-range Spitfires and daylight Bomber Command raids (was: #1 From: Guy Alcala We're talking heavies, Art. Longer missions than the mediums, much more time (sometimes three hours or more) spent over defended territory, at alitude on The...

This has to be the most acitve and responsive threads in the history of this NG. And it has only been around for about two weeks if that. I guess it goes to the very core of widespread aviation interests generating passion, flames as well as thoughtful gentlemanly responses. And it all started...

Sehr geehrte Kunden, Es gibt einiges an neuem Lesestoff,kurz vor Weihnachten gibt es noch einmal reichlich Neuerscheinungen. Luftwaffe im Focus Special No.1 "COLOUR" 42 Seiten,65 Farbfotos,1 Farbprofil,farbige Verbandsabz. 24,50 Euro Jagdwaffe Vol.4/2 The Mediterranean 1942 - 1943

Which ones. And why? Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

See Ya Later Padre When we took off on a mission, Father Kinsella, the group chaplain, our Padre, would always be standing in his Jeep at the end of the runway. He gave us the sign of the cross and a blessing as our wheels came up . For sort of good luck, I always said to myself,. "Be right back...

What then? The war in central Europe (ETO) could have gotten our full resouces, D Day would have been a year earlier and the war would have been over a lot sooner, German troops in No. Africa and the MTO would have simply been isolated and would died on the vine. Why not? Regards,

SHOOT GRIEGO SHOOT It was our first mission. We didn't know what to expect, but we expected the worst and were ready for anything. And sure enough we got it. When you are the newest crew in a squadron you always get stuck back in the tail end Charlie slot…number 6 in the low flight. What's bad...

SHOULD YOU OPEN FIRE? Easy question right? Are you sure? Let's take a case in point. You are sitting in the top turret of a bomber. You spot a formation of fighters coming toward you. They are clearly the P-51 fighter escort you have been waiting for. "About time they showed up", you are...

Subject: ~ BUSH'S EVER SKYROCKETING OIL STOCK CHART ~ From: "Acharya" Date: 9/14/2004 9:57 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: What a stupid chart. No mention of Iraqi sovereignty, democratic elections, human rights, and...