Subject: Radio silence, Market Garden and death at Arnhem
From: "Ed Majden"
Date: 2/10/04 12:37 PM Pacific

ArtKramr"
It was September 17th 1944. We were returning from a mission. As we flew
west
we could spot a sky full of C-47's pulling gliders. The sky was black with
them. As we watched them fly by us, going East, the command radio came
alive.
Someone blurted over the Command set and in the clear, "Wow, look at all
those
gliders". we were all horrified. The unthinkable had occured. Radio
silence had
been broken and information of an attack had been revealed.

Was radio silence all that big a deal? These aircraft were not flying
at 40,000 ft and could easily been spotted from the ground. Surely reports
of this activity would be reported by enemy soldiers and sympathizers.
Aircraft activity over England itself was probably reported as flights took
time to group together. The final destination may have been ambiguous but
they must have known something was taking place.
Ed



what is there about SILENCE that is ambigious or hard to understand?. Silence
means silence. Total silence. Not a word. Not an uterence. Silence.
Total silence. Anyone who can't keep their mouths shut in the air ought to
tranfer to cooks and bakers school.




Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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