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03-11-2005, 09:37 PM
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#1 | | the old Sage
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Frickin non-coms, never looking where they are going....
ZG 76 boys getting the snowed trampled down for another anti-bomber mission  | 
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03-12-2005, 02:40 AM
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03-12-2005, 04:24 AM
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#3 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | I don't think they're forgotten at all. The job of the ground crewmen wasn't as flashy or famous as that of the aircrewman, especially the pilot, but anyone who takes any kind of an interest in the subject is certainly aware of the vital part they played. It's a part that they continue to play, across the globe. Without them, the birds don't fly. Period.
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03-12-2005, 07:03 AM
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#4 | | Konfused with a 'K'
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Country:  | I like that last Fw-190 pic!
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03-12-2005, 12:56 PM
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03-12-2005, 01:29 PM
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#6 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | You do have a point. Books and the media in general often overlook the mechanics, armourers, and so on. It was often a thankless job compared to the reverence that was bestowed upon the aircrews. | |
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03-12-2005, 11:34 PM
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| I couldnt agree more!
Gunther Rall on several of the interviews made to him, has devoted kind of first-rank remarks to the technicias who kept their planes in shape to continue flying.
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03-13-2005, 03:46 AM
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#8 | | Hairy one of Old Judea
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03-13-2005, 03:48 AM
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03-13-2005, 04:21 AM
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#10 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | i don't thing they're forgetten, especially in bomber command, the crews were extremely gratefull to their gorundcrews, indeed the ground crews saw the aircraft as their own, they simply let the flying crew borrow it for the night (or day), a view which the flying crews didn't have a problem with...............
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03-13-2005, 11:09 AM
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03-13-2005, 11:12 AM
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Country: | Great picture. Looks like that guys fallen into the cockpit 
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03-13-2005, 11:55 AM
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03-14-2005, 10:05 AM
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#14 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Robert Morgan, who flew the Memphis Belle mentioned his mechanics in his biography. In it, he said that if that guy got any sleep, he never knew of it.
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03-14-2005, 12:49 PM
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| Both the 8th Air Force and Bomber Command had a lot to thank thier groundcrews for, especially Bomber Command, as every mission was a 'Maximum Effort' requiring maximium aircraft availability. And Fighter Command wouldnt have been able to fly the number of sorties it did through the Battle of Britain and Overlord without the dedication of the groundcrews. Thier feat is even more rmarkable during the BoB as the airfields were frequently attacked.
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