Possible End of the ww2

evangilder · 05-05-2005, 12:35 AM

Agreed, but it's still tough.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-05-2005, 12:28 PM

Agreed but as even said very tough and I think I would be psycologically pretty bad off afterwards.

plan_D · 05-05-2005, 02:59 PM

We're all in definate agreement there then.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-06-2005, 02:13 PM

Nice avatar by the way.

the lancaster kicks ass · 05-06-2005, 02:15 PM

cheddar cheese · 05-06-2005, 02:45 PM

It scares me

MP-Willow · 05-06-2005, 02:52 PM

Adler, I wanted to say the Third wave at Pearl would have farced a slower reconstruction time and would have slowed down the sub. war because of the loss of the drydocks and oil tanks.

I am also not Surpised that we have not read much about Plan_D's grandfather. If he was in the CBI people seem to forget about it alot. Plan_D, have you read about the air drops for the Raiders? They were prity scary things. Take a -47 or Halifax and fly low try to find this little pach of jungle. It is almost like open water flying, but not as bad.

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-06-2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MP-Willow

Adler, I wanted to say the Third wave at Pearl would have farced a slower reconstruction time and would have slowed down the sub. war because of the loss of the drydocks and oil tanks.

I disagree non of the docks in the continental United States were damaged, so production would not have been slowed for newer ships. The oil tanks on Pearl were not the only oil tanks the US had either.

plan_D · 05-06-2005, 06:21 PM

Thanks, Adler. I like the THRUSTING motion.

Are you talking about the supply drops or the pick ups, MP? Both were hazardous and had to be precise. The Chindits would perished without the supply drops, day in and day out. My Grandad flew in a C-47 a few times, he was actually evacuated from the jungle by one. I don't know if he was behind enemy lines at the time but he caught an awful disease and was evacuated to Imphal. After recovering he was sent straight back into the jungle to find out that the replacement Bren-Gunner for his unit had the Bren gun jam on him...and he got shot.

Nonskimmer · 05-06-2005, 08:43 PM

That's too bad, though perhaps a fateful event for your grandad. Do you happen to know if it was the very same Bren he would have been using?

plan_D · 05-06-2005, 09:40 PM

Yes it was. He told me and was very upset while doing. I think he still believed it should have been him there, the kid who got it was only 18. Being a 'Blitzer' he was one of the first in, the gun jammed and he had nothing to keep the Japs heads down...he got shot.

I could never bring myself to ask much about the war but every now and then he'd feel the need to tell us a story. There are a lot of strange stories from his time in the jungle.

While reading up on Burma I've come across a problem with being a Bren gunner in Burma (aside from the fact that you were the target for the enemy to hit). The ammo used in the Bren, in Burma, was India built and of poor quality. The force of the Bren automatic fire would actually bend or snap the ammo in the chamber causing an unblockable jam.

evangilder · 05-07-2005, 12:01 AM

That's not a good position to be in when you are the blitzer! YIKES!

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-07-2005, 09:32 AM

Yeah it would not be a very good moment for you.

MP-Willow · 05-09-2005, 12:51 PM

Plan_D thanks. I wounder how meny Bren gunners were hurt when the amo failed and jammed up the gun? As for the pick up or drop, yes both are hard. I think a pick up might be a bit trickier because you have to get in on the ground. A C-47 is not a plane that you can drop into the jungle, it needs a little room

mosquitoman · 05-09-2005, 02:10 PM

I think small airstrips were built behind enemy lines for Lizzies to come in with supplies, extra men and to remove casualties