Subject: P-47/51 deflection shots into the belly of the German tanks,reality From: (Walt BJ) Date: 8/6/03 10:07 PM Pacific I'd guess the pilot's eyes were on flak rather than a target a lot of the time. No point watching flak. There is nothing you can do about...

GRAVES OF 344TH BOMB GROUP MEMBERS BURIED AT CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY COTON ENGLAND NAME RANK UNIT DATE/DEATH SER. NO. Strauss, John A. S/Sgt 494 04 June 1944 12083270 Eckert, John K. 1 lt. 494 08 March...

LUNCH WITH SS STURMGRUPENNFUHRER OTTO SKORZENY I was in Madrid in 1970 on business shooting TV commercials for the Eastman Kodak Company. This was a sunny lazy Sunday at the Ritz hotel. I was nursing the last of my excellent room service coffee when the phone rang. "Ola Artur. Have lunch with us...

One more point Dave.We used the throat mike with both masks, we never had a mask with a built in mike. But when possible I would hold that throat mike against my lips and talk into it to keep from being choked by the throat mike's neckband. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France,...

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Subject: Catch 22, was Dr. Strangelove From: "Dave Kearton" Date: 8/8/2004 12:01 AM Pacific Standard Time IRC when Catch 22 was written Heller was working | as an advertising copy writer. | | Keith |

Hiroshima. Nothing ever even came close in effect importance or end result. End of story. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Subject: For Fliers Only... Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ...I Shall Fear No Evil ... For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing. (sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location Kadena, Japan). You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F. Crickmore - test pilot)

Flight Simulators as used on PC's should not be called simulators because they simulate too damned little. Call them flight trainers. That is a far more accurate description by far. Except the ones that are just games. Call them flight games. After all else has failed, always resort to reality no...

Their heroic record speaks for itself. And it seems that the only ones who question that are back-biting, carping, do-nothings who themselves have no record of acheivement. Arthur Kramer Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Subject: U$ Military Medals meaningless junk ...! From: "= Vox Populi ©" Vox Populi ©" Only meaningless junk to those who have none. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website...

Strafing as if in a Dream It was a rare mission for us. Marauders were never meant to be thrown around at low level at high speed. And this was a low-level mission. We were to bomb a military target in a small city. Then we were to go down on the deck and strafe. It was the first strafing mission...

ubject: More long-range Spitfires and daylight Bomber Command raids, From: Juvat Date: 9/2/03 10:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: Guy posted: You, fighters and everyone else flew missions that involved...

At this reunion of the 344th Bomb Group I learned of the passing of Bob Foote, CO of the 494th Bomb Squadron. He was a West PoInter who joined the 344th in 1943 and led the 494th squadon through VE day. Rest in Peace old friend. Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium,...

DEATH OVER PARIS On preparation for D-Day the 344th was hitting bridges and rail lines leading to Omaha Beach. A critical target was the Paris RR bridge which allowed vast amounts of train traffic to move west toward Omaha. We hit the Paris RR bridge on the morning 28 May, 1944. The defenses were...

Interesting article in this months issue of Aerospace Engineering on 100 years of unmanned flight in America. Well worth a look. 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 recently posted an account of a B-26 mounted in a hanger used for training purposes. I called it a simulator. But as I think back I begin to realise that we never called it a simulator at that time. I think we called it "The trainer in the hanger". And it makes sense since we called the Link...

Subject: babble, was Why didn't Bush fight? From: "S. O. Damocles" Date: 8/29/2004 2:09 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: Bob Coe wrote: "S. O. Damocles" wrote Perry wrote: On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:40:55...