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06-23-2008, 12:16 PM
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#16 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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Country:  | Europe Western Front - Bf 109G
__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | 
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06-23-2008, 01:32 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cardiff
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Country:  | What theatre to fly?
Simple an open-air one!! | |
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06-23-2008, 01:40 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NIAGARA
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Country:  | Just for self preservation I think flying a UC 64 on floats in Northern Ontario would be the answer
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06-23-2008, 01:44 PM
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#19 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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Country: | Actually the right answer would be to be station on U Boot patrol in the Bahama's or Jamaica with a Catalina.
Women, Rum, sand and sun...
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-23-2008, 01:53 PM
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#20 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet  Actually the right answer would be to be station on U Boot patrol in the Bahama's or Jamaica with a Catalina.
Women, Rum, sand and sun... | Kinda why I picked Rio as an Attache.. teaching Brazilian AF by day, riding beach bunnies at night.. | |
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06-23-2008, 02:06 PM
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#21 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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Country: | When my tour in Jamaica is over I will put a request in for Brazil and meet you there.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-23-2008, 02:10 PM
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#22 | | the old Sage
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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Country: | yep P-51D's in the ETO or Me 262's with Kommando Welter at night. | |
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06-23-2008, 02:11 PM
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#23 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet When my tour in Jamaica is over I will put a request in for Brazil and meet you there. | Have you been to Rio during Carnival Chris? Hopefully Yes, and before you were married..
I would characterize the comparison versus Oktoberfest as Oktoberfest by comparison is an assembly of fundamentalist Girl Scout convention. | |
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06-23-2008, 02:17 PM
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#24 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Erich yep P-51D's in the ETO or Me 262's with Kommando Welter at night. | Erich - Every time I visualize night ops for LW, I think of the weather over Northern Europe in Wnter and Spring - with no Cat III..
That is another huge edge the USAAF/RAF had late in the war - IFR training was so much better.
Thinking about those young kids with 75-150 hours being posted to combat ops - just daylight ops without 100+ hours under the hood makes me shudder - and all on Gyro, needle and ball. | |
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06-23-2008, 02:26 PM
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#25 | | the old Sage
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Country: | one of the things that is interesting about Welters unit is that nearly everyone of his pilots had excellent first hand on experience through single engine NF's or a unreal thorough Schulen program before they entered his unit, in fact he played so much on the ground and made sure his pilots though it's as quite fast, a real knowledge of their cockpit instruments. what is the claim that he scored so high and well against the RAF Mossies is pure bogusness during the spring of 45. the propaganda revolved around him as he was a trend-setter and many of his kills should be attributed to other pilots - there is of course no doubt in my mind the man was nothing but brilliant in the night skies when he did fly. | |
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06-23-2008, 02:57 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht
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Country:  | Fokker G.I in Germany
G.I because I'm fascinated by the a/c as there is not so much known about it and I would love to know how it flew
Germany because they only used it as a trainer and I would still be alive after the war if I only flew them 
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06-23-2008, 04:55 PM
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#27 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Mawdesley,Lancashire,U.K
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Country:  | I would like to fly a P-47 'Jug' (my fave !) in the ground attack/targets of opportunity role in The Battle of the Bulge theatre. Watch the videos of German locomotives, airfields & armoured convoys being shot up on You Tube...awesome ! Such a pivotal moment in WWII - the Nazi's just about to bolt for home and a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel after 6 long years. | |
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06-23-2008, 05:23 PM
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#28 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Good question - first off anything Naval is out as I don't like water. Don't like the cold either so I'd say Northern Europe is out, Africa would be tempting but get shot down over the middle of the desert and you're in serious trouble. Wouldn't fancy having to hike out the jungle either so I'll go for the Italian front. As for aircraft, that's easy - Spitfire
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06-23-2008, 05:27 PM
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#29 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Personal flight officer (wouldn’t care about the aircraft) for either IKE or McArthur, get to know the guys closer and after the war its big bucks. hopefully.
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06-23-2008, 05:50 PM
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#30 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Calumet City, Illlinois, USA
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Country: | B-17 in the ZOI
I would chose to fly a Boeing B-17 in the ZOI.
The Seattle, Washington, to Sebring, Florida, gig would be nice.
TonyM.
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