 | Anyone Else Have an Ace Relative???| Aviation Discuss Anyone Else Have an Ace Relative??? in the World War II - Aviation forums; Just curious if anyone else has a relative of theirs that flew in WWII...
My Grandfather was Bill Case, or ... |
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07-31-2004, 06:39 PM
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#1 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Just curious if anyone else has a relative of theirs that flew in WWII...
My Grandfather was Bill Case, or William Northrop Case... He flew with VMF-122, 112, and 214 (Black Sheep) and had 8 confirmed kills...
There alot of u Brits here, and there were alot of British Pilots... Anyone care to divulge some info???
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08-01-2004, 06:02 AM
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#2 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | my nan's pretty cool, you could even say she's ace.......................
(sorry, i saw the thread name and couldn't resist)
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08-01-2004, 01:22 PM
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#3 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Man I'm suprised no ones grandpap here flew in the BoB...
Kinda surprising actually...
__________________ "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."-- Lt. William Northrop Case
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08-01-2004, 02:25 PM
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#4 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | one of my grandads was a farmer and the other was in the hitler youth..................
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08-01-2004, 02:57 PM
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#5 | | Minister of Whoopass
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__________________ "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."-- Lt. William Northrop Case
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08-01-2004, 06:30 PM
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Country: | One Grandad of mine was in the Chindits in Burma. I had a Great Uncle in Malta, RAF Engineer. And I don't know about others.
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08-01-2004, 09:54 PM
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| I'd had an uncle who fought in the Buldge and another relative (I'm not sure what exactly, I only met him once) who fought on The Island.
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08-02-2004, 12:12 AM
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#8 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Very cool... Everyone sacrificed one way or another back then in the 40's...
__________________ "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."-- Lt. William Northrop Case
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08-02-2004, 03:39 PM
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#9 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | my grandad in the hitler youth was captured early in the war, he was bought over here to work in a tomato plantation, where he met and fell in love with my nan, who's from australia, and he never went back after the war....................
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08-02-2004, 10:24 PM
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#10 | | the old Sage
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Country: | a 3rd cousin on my mothers side. hauptmann hans Baer, Gruppenkommandeur of II./NJg 5 killed in a flying accident in his Bf 110G-4. 11 kills confirmed flying the Do 217 in NJG 3 and 1 kill in the Bf 110G-4 as leader of II./NJG 5 in 1943.
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08-03-2004, 05:48 AM
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#11 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Thats what Im talkin about Erich... Very interesting... Some of the stories my Grampa told me about Boyington were real interesting, and quite funny...
And the Baa Baa Black Sheep show was a slap in the face for him...
__________________ "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."-- Lt. William Northrop Case
To See My IL2 Sturmovik Video Tribute to My Grandfather, Click Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk | |
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08-03-2004, 01:38 PM
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#12 | | Master of Ewes
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a 3rd cousin on my mothers side. hauptmann hans Baer, Gruppenkommandeur of II./NJg 5 killed in a flying accident in his Bf 110G-4. 11 kills confirmed flying the Do 217 in NJG 3 and 1 kill in the Bf 110G-4 as leader of II./NJG 5 in 1943.
| i always thought you had a closer relative than that which flew??
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08-03-2004, 02:44 PM
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#13 | | the old Sage
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Country: | guys sorry for my poor spelling. got in late last night from a long cycling trip..........
Hans Baer lost power in his left engine and as the Bf110G-4 banked downward on the left he ordered an immediate bailout. His radar operator and rear gunner made a safe bail and landing but Hans could not get out of the cockpit in time and the a/c fell like a heavy stone...........
Lanc, yes another relative in which I have at least a 4 inch folder thick on was another cousin on my mothers side, Unteroffizier Siegfried Baer with the day time staffel 5./JG 301 lost on 26 November 1944 battling B-24's south of Misburg/Hannover. He possibly had 3 missions under his belt but no victories that I can find. thanks for asking............
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08-03-2004, 11:38 PM
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08-03-2004, 11:40 PM
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#15 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | And u just found this out???
__________________ "After That Second Kill, I Knew It Was Time To Get The Hell Outta There..."-- Lt. William Northrop Case
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