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06-19-2009, 12:11 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Flensburg, GER
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| Hi, from Germany Just wanted to say hello to everyone here. Im 32 Years old and living in Northern Germany. I served 8 Years in the German Airforce (Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 51 in Jagel, and no, i was no Pilot) and was as long as i can think fascinated by Airplanes. My English is not the best but i learn with every written word...  I like this Website because theres such a overwhelming amount of information here. Acerus P.S.: My Grandfather was Radar Operator on a Me110 Nightfighter, stationed at Dortmund. I tried to talk with him about this time to get more Informations. Sadly he doesn´t want to talk much about it. |
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06-19-2009, 12:38 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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 | Willkommen von Kanada! You'll like it here!
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06-19-2009, 12:41 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
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| Welcome acerus! Keep working on getting grandpa to open up. There are a couple B17 combat veterans that frequent this site. Maybe it would be helpful for him to hear what they have to say. . |
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06-19-2009, 12:46 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vojvodina, Serbia
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| Hello Acerus! Welcome and greetings from Serbia! Do try to convince your Grandfather to speak about his service. I'm sure his story and experiences would be very interesting and much appreciated by many members here.
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06-19-2009, 01:07 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!
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06-19-2009, 01:09 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pennsylvania
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| Welcome to this fine forum. Happy posting. 
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06-19-2009, 01:14 PM
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| Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Flensburg, GER
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| Thanks for your kind words  Quote:
The 8th Airforce was flying their Raids in Daytime, or am i wrong? He told me only once about slipping into British Bomber Streams at Night, how he gets closer and closer with the Radar and then the Bursts from the Gunfire and.....stop. Here he stops and talks about the English Airmen that getting captured after shoot down. Where (Prison, POW-Camp) he talks to them he didn´t tell me, but he spoke of them in great Respect.. I will try to make Interview kind of thing (maybe with Video). But he is (despite his Age) very busy...  Acerus | |
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06-19-2009, 01:34 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Hello and welcome from England. If your grandfather is able to tell of his experiences, that would be very interesting. But many who survived the war don't like to remember, or tell their stories, my late father included. One needs to respect this wherever possible. Oh, and your English is fine - no doubt much better than my German!
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06-19-2009, 01:35 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denmark.
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| Herzlich willkommen, und grüsse aus Dänemark. And that was about the extent of what I remember of my german language lessons from the good old school days.  Anyway, welcome - as you've probably already found out, there's tons of knowledge to be found in here. More than enough to keep you occupied for several hours of reading.
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06-19-2009, 02:16 PM
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| Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Flensburg, GER
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As i am living in Sydslesvig, i am surrounded by Danish People (which is great, i love Tuborg!  )Just a short note: I remeber my time at the GAF: We had Visitors from Denmark which we should introduce in the Usage of the HK G36. You have to know that this Weapon has a Reflex Visor (dont know the right English Term) wich shows a Red Dot. Everywhere you point this Dot you will Hit. Now on the Shooting Range we talk broken English (German vs. Danish ...hehehe). After 10 minutes a Danish Soldier comes to me and said that he wont use this Red Dot anymore coz he gets sick from it.... i just asked why... he said he starts to squint when he looks through the Visor After that i told him not to look with both Eyes through the Visor. After that he was a Sharpshooter  !Acerus | |
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06-19-2009, 02:20 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008
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| He He! That's brought back many memories from my days as an instructor!
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06-19-2009, 02:23 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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06-19-2009, 02:27 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US
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| Welcome aboard, Sir! I hear you on your Grandfather....Something about vets from that era don't like to talk about their service. |
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06-19-2009, 02:41 PM
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| Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Flensburg, GER
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| Many Thanks to all for the Welcome Posts here! Quote:
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06-19-2009, 02:59 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London, England.
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| Welcome to the forum, I really hope you enjoy it here. It's very interesting that your grandfather was a nachtjager, do you know which NJG he was with?
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