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06-23-2008, 11:16 AM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Europe Western Front - Bf 109G
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06-23-2008, 12:32 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cardiff
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| What theatre to fly? Simple an open-air one!! |
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06-23-2008, 12:40 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: niagara falls
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| 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, 12:44 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| 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...
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06-23-2008, 12:53 PM
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06-23-2008, 01:06 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| When my tour in Jamaica is over I will put a request in for Brazil and meet you there.
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06-23-2008, 01:10 PM
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| the old Sage  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| yep P-51D's in the ETO or Me 262's with Kommando Welter at night.
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06-23-2008, 01:11 PM
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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, 01:17 PM
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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, 01:26 PM
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| the old Sage Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| 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, 01:57 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht
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| 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, 03:55 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Mawdesley,Lancashire,U.K
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| 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, 04:23 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Zealand
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 | 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, 04:27 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008
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| 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.Regards Kruska
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06-23-2008, 04:50 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Calumet City, Illlinois, USA
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| 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.
__________________ [IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Caroline\Desktop\TM photos\B17_blues_in_the_nite2.jpg[/IMG]Anthony J. Mireles FATAL ARMY AIR FORCES AVIATION ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1941-1945 www.warbirdcrash.com |
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