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Post by Bullhunter on Dec 4, 2007 2:07:54 GMT 9
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Post by daoleguy A.J. Hoehn (deceased) on Dec 4, 2007 5:17:25 GMT 9
 Talk about a flying leep!!! Demz sum crazy weenies! Reusable Alpine Kamakaze Pilots. AJ
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Post by Jeff Shannon on Dec 4, 2007 5:55:24 GMT 9
Back in the day I use to sky dive, had this come along then I just might have tried it. However I'm much older and wiser now.  I do have to admit, it sure looks like fun |
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Post by daoleguy A.J. Hoehn (deceased) on Dec 4, 2007 23:35:19 GMT 9
I got digging around and found this. Now this I might actually consider trying. On a dark side I see frightening possibilities with the concept.
AJ
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Post by Jeff Shannon on Dec 5, 2007 1:48:08 GMT 9
Awesome!! |
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Post by daoleguy A.J. Hoehn (deceased) on Dec 5, 2007 1:50:06 GMT 9
The Air Force response:  The secret weapon has a name and it's 1Lt Tom "Wheels" Wheeler, Al Dhafra AB, United Arab Emirates. The F-16C (84-1223) in the picture flew 49 combat missions. AJ |
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Post by sixerviper on Dec 14, 2007 5:26:59 GMT 9
I've got pilot's disease--can't see the sanity in jumping out of a perfectly good airplane!
But, to quote Toby Keith, there was a time, back in my prime...
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Post by Jim on Dec 23, 2009 10:01:31 GMT 9
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Post by Gene on Feb 25, 2010 9:27:34 GMT 9
I quit with this final B29 page. Looks like some were olive drab from the photos which is something I have never seen. Book has 97 pages in all--a TEST in the back! I wonder what kind of recognition books pilots have today or do they come close enough to see their targets before they destroy them?! Non-forum members can view and download these in a larger size on my website. back in the '70's the ADCOM people at the SAGE had silhouettes of all the migs that were in the inventory printed thru us to dis perse to the pilots... i remember they were all "F"s....flogger, fishbed ect...  |
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Post by cc790 on Feb 25, 2010 21:19:03 GMT 9
I've seen playing cards with enemy airplane silhouettes on the back.
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Post by Bullhunter on Feb 26, 2010 3:11:09 GMT 9
I have some WWII stuff of my Dad's in a box. I should find it and post a few photos of it. I believe i saw an Enemy Aircraft ID pocked book in his things some place. I would be interestng to go through it again a share some of the items. cc790, you have stirred my interest. :idea We should maybe start a War artifacts thread and move your threads there. Others then will have a place to post these things and talk them up. Easy for all to locate. Of course this will be up to our WebMaster. |
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Post by cc790 on Feb 26, 2010 3:38:18 GMT 9
 ...They wern't playing cards, just flash cards. I got these from my Great Aunt. She was a nurse in the far east. She spent most of the war as "guest" of the Japenese in an internement camp. She must have gotten these cards after the war. I tried many times to get her to tell me about her experiences, but she never would. She took them to the grave with her. All I can say is God bless her and every other GI, for what they did for us! |
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Post by Gene on Feb 26, 2010 8:04:03 GMT 9
...They wern't playing cards, just flash cards. I got these from my Great Aunt. She was a nurse in the far east. She spent most of the war as "guest" of the Japenese in an internement camp. She must have gotten these cards after the war. I tried many times to get her to tell me about her experiences, but she never would. She took them to the grave with her. All I can say is God bless her and every other GI, for what they did for us! i can't remember the name of it, but, there was a pretty good movies about a nurse outfit being held prisoner by the japanese in wwii. i can't even remember any of the actors...but it was about a true incident |
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Feb 26, 2010 10:15:15 GMT 9
The movie was "So Proudly We Hail". Starred Claudette Colbert, Veronica Lake and Paulette Goddard.
Great move about the nurses at Corregidor.
It has been on TCM and is available on DVD.
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Post by Jim on Feb 26, 2010 11:14:04 GMT 9
...They wern't playing cards, just flash cards. I got these from my Great Aunt. She was a nurse in the far east. She spent most of the war as "guest" of the Japenese in an internement camp. She must have gotten these cards after the war. I tried many times to get her to tell me about her experiences, but she never would. She took them to the grave with her. All I can say is God bless her and every other GI, for what they did for us! i can't remember the name of it, but, there was a pretty good movies about a nurse outfit being held prisoner by the japanese in wwii. i can't even remember any of the actors...but it was about a true incident John Wayne was in one of them, I believe as a wounded pilot-P-40 type |
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Feb 26, 2010 14:21:55 GMT 9
Jim, you are correct about John Wayne playing a wounded P40 pilot. It was in the movie Flying Tigers. He was the boss and got wounded in one part of the movie.
He also got hit in The Fighting SeaBees. But that was a Navy flick.
Typical John Wayne WW2 movies. GREAT!
Nobody, not nobody, could do a war movie like the Duke.
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Post by cc790 on Feb 27, 2010 0:24:24 GMT 9
One of my all time favorite WW II movies is Twelve O'Clock High with Gregory Peck.
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Post by Jim on Feb 27, 2010 0:48:56 GMT 9
Jim, you are correct about John Wayne playing a wounded P40 pilot. It was in the movie Flying Tigers. He was the boss and got wounded in one part of the movie. He also got hit in The Fighting SeaBees. But that was a Navy flick. Typical John Wayne WW2 movies. GREAT! Nobody, not nobody, could do a war movie like the Duke. Jim Too  Flying Tigers not the one I refer to, He is shown in the under ground bunker used as a hospital on Corrigador, comes back from someplace and finds the O club destroyed....... Long time ago movie and a long time ago I saw it................. Jim One |
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Post by cc790 on Feb 27, 2010 1:16:21 GMT 9
Jim, you are correct about John Wayne playing a wounded P40 pilot. It was in the movie Flying Tigers. He was the boss and got wounded in one part of the movie. He also got hit in The Fighting SeaBees. But that was a Navy flick. Typical John Wayne WW2 movies. GREAT! Nobody, not nobody, could do a war movie like the Duke. Jim Too Flying Tigers not the one I refer to, He is shown in the under ground bunker used as a hospital on Corrigador, comes back from someplace and finds the O club destroyed....... Long time ago movie and a long time ago I saw it................. Jim One Are you thinking about "They Were Expendable"? He was a Navy JG PT boat skipper. |
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Feb 27, 2010 4:29:51 GMT 9
You might be thinking of Back to Bataan. That one was made during the War, as was Flying Tigers, They Were Expendable and The Fighting Seabees.
In they were expendable the PT boats took General MacArthur, his wife and son, out of the PI and to a sub that took them to Australia.
All of them are good.
The Duke was not able to enlist because of football injuries, so he made lots of good movies and did a lot of touring of bases.
He also made a couple more flying movies. All fun to watch.
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Talk about a flying leep!!! Demz sum crazy weenies! Reusable Alpine Kamakaze Pilots.
...They wern't playing cards, just flash cards. I got these from my Great Aunt. She was a nurse in the far east. She spent most of the war as "guest" of the Japenese in an internement camp. She must have gotten these cards after the war. 
