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09-11-2009, 11:44 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Highland Lakes, NJ
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| Hail and well met! I wanted to find a good resource for military aircraft of WW2 so I searched for WW2 Aircraft and this was the first website that came up! Very nice! I've been interested in WW2 aviation for most of my life. My dad was in the 8th AF during WW2. Never too clear on his position though. He had a stroke when I was very young and couldn't communicate very well. I know he was a tech sergeant and had to do with communications. I do recall him showing me a picture of a plane in flight. It was a small, grainy black and white picture and there where what appeared to be tracers all around it. He said he took the picture when he was on a B-17 as the radio man. My older sister said the closest my dad got to the enemy was a german cow. He passed away in '97 so I'll never now for sure. I used to build models but now it's mostly books and flight sims. I absolutely love WW2 aviation! |
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09-11-2009, 12:41 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US
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| Welcome aboard, A! Looking forward to your posts. |
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09-11-2009, 12:48 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Texas
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| Welcome. Can you post the photo? DBII
__________________ ~ Ladies and gentleman, this is your stewardess speaking. We regret any inconvenience the sudden cabin movement might have caused. This is due to periodic air pockets we encountered. There's no reason to be alarmed and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?~ |
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09-11-2009, 12:49 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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| Welcome aboard! Nice to meet you.
__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
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09-11-2009, 12:58 PM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Highland Lakes, NJ
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09-11-2009, 01:05 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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| Post what you can. Any photos are always welcome!
__________________ Bryon O P-61 Black Widow-Mistress of the Night! "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." George S. Patton "Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government." "Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away." |
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09-11-2009, 02:09 PM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Highland Lakes, NJ
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| Thanks for the warm welcome! The pics I have are basically just my dad in his uniform overseas. If that's okay I'll try and upload some. |
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09-11-2009, 03:31 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland
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| Welcome to the family mate! 
__________________  JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"  |
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09-11-2009, 03:53 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Welcome from England.
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09-11-2009, 03:59 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Welcome to the forum.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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09-11-2009, 04:31 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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| Welcome and greetings from Poland!
__________________  "A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible." - Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II - |
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09-11-2009, 04:42 PM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Highland Lakes, NJ
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| Wow! There's a regular League of Nations here, huh?
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09-11-2009, 05:07 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California
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09-11-2009, 07:51 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina
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09-11-2009, 11:41 PM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Highland Lakes, NJ
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| I just wanted to upload a couple of images of my dad who served in the 8th AF during WW2. I don't know where to post so I put them here. Sorry if I'm wrong. His base was High Wycombe (not sure of spelling) attached to a B-17 squadron. He absolutely loved England and Scotland but never got a chance to go back.
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