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08-12-2004, 02:10 PM
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08-13-2004, 02:38 PM
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#107 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | ok so i'm not far behind considdering i'm 14.................
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08-14-2004, 04:40 AM
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#108 | | Senior Member
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08-14-2004, 05:26 AM
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#109 | | Master of Ewes
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"Reminds me of the time I sank the Tirpitz" comments a Spitfire pilot, "One pass of course, old boy." | |
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08-14-2004, 06:29 AM
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#110 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Sorry- Should have added What Plan D said...
Because when you shoot down 10+ planes, you want to celebrate !
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08-14-2004, 03:31 PM
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#111 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | ah yes, just make sure you land first.................
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08-14-2004, 10:36 PM
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#112 | | Senior Member
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08-15-2004, 07:34 AM
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#113 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | well what i mean is don't celebrate by drinking whilst you're still flying, it tends to make landing difficult................
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08-15-2004, 11:59 PM
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Country: | Aah... of Coursh! but i thinksh i dranksh a bit too musch befor I landid.... *hic* 
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08-16-2004, 01:14 PM
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#115 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | now this begs the question, how many bottles of beer can you fit in the cockpit, i know that beer was sometimes carried to the front in barrels attached where the bomb normally goes, but i mean with you in the cockpit........................
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08-17-2004, 12:23 AM
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#116 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Yeah- we'd only drop empty kegs on the enemy!!!
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08-17-2004, 12:40 AM
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| I've heard that the nose of a P-38 could carry four cases worth of scotch if ammo wasn't carried.
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08-17-2004, 01:12 PM
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#118 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | anything the P-38 could carry can be bettered by the mossie................
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08-19-2004, 05:43 PM
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#119 | | Senior Member
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| So find me an instance of the Mossie being used to smuggle booze.
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08-19-2004, 08:36 PM
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#120 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country:  | Gallands Me-109 could carry Lobsters.... And after getting shot down, it also set those poor little crustaceans free...
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