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11-06-2008, 03:10 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. |
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11-06-2008, 09:20 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas
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| Awesome! Thanks for posting! 
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11-06-2008, 12:26 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| That was utterly awe inspiring. Great post!
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11-06-2008, 12:30 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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11-06-2008, 03:41 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lethbridge AB
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| Thanks seesul, I wonder if there are any operational British MTBs or German E-Boats out there?. |
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11-06-2008, 03:48 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Minnesota
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| I think Nova did a special on that PT Boat a few years ago on Public Television. I've read that several of the 80 Elco boats carried as much weaponry as a WWII US Destroyer. Lot of punch for a smaller craft. I've read several books outlining the exploits of US PT Boat Commanders and crews during WWII and some of the things they did were beyond belief.
__________________  A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon. |
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11-17-2008, 05:46 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Thanks for a brilliant post Roman! Wizard, as far as I know, there's a restored, operational MTB or MGB, somewhere on the south coast of England, and I've been on a similar vessel, used for pleasure trips, to the Western Isles, off the West coast of Scotland. The latter was apparently built as a MTB, but then converted for use as an inshore mine sweeper, before being again converted for its present use. |
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11-17-2008, 11:26 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Escondido,Ca
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| Great vid seesul thanks 
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