Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired wrote:
Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:57:53 -0500, "Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired"
wrote:


As for the sirens I would be hesitant to use them. There are a lot
of WW2 survivors who moved here after the war who would I assume would
be upset hearing them.


I'd suspect there are very few who were bombed more than once or twice by
Stukas. The JU-87 was dead meat without air superiority, and other than
(possibly) in Operation Torch, Americans ground troops probably had sufficient
air cover.

Ron Wanttaja

I was not referring to just military personnel. A very large number
of civilians came under fire from Ju-87s. Even if it only happened once
it would leave an unpleasant memory. I was in the Army in Viet Nam, to
this day certain sounds or smells bring back unpleasant memories. The
same is true of most people who have experienced a traumatic event.


That's a good point. One might make a similar argument regarding
swastikas (yes, I know the Nazis didn't invent nor do they own the
swastika) on replica German aircraft and especially when one appears
on a non-replica homebuilt aircraft.

Leads one to wonder of the builder, "What was he thinking?"

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FF