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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 6:36:14 GMT 9
Belinda and I spent almost 3 hours there this afternoon. We closed the doors at 6:00PM. Part of the "Battle Of Britain" movie was filmed there.
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 6:40:12 GMT 9
WWII Warbirds.
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 6:43:55 GMT 9
The T-33, always brings back my memories of the 318th FIS. No F-106 in the USAF Section.
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 6:47:28 GMT 9
P-51
All for tonight boys, want to see more later ??
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Post by pat perry on Sept 30, 2014 8:48:32 GMT 9
Keep on posting Gary. We can never have too many pics of airplanes
Pat P.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Sept 30, 2014 9:13:24 GMT 9
Gary, I asked one time when I was at Duxford about their collection.
Probably the reason there is no Six, is because the Six was never stationed in England.
Keep sending lots of pics of the Duxford collection, and any other things you see.
You will probably have to go back to Duxford for a full day, so you can see all the tanks and other stuff in the ground museum, up the hill behind the tanks.
Great place, wish I could walk around there with you.
Jim Too
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 16:00:20 GMT 9
Pics of the American Building.
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 16:03:53 GMT 9
Walking into the American Building.
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 16:08:33 GMT 9
USAF Bldg.
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Post by Bullhunter on Sept 30, 2014 16:12:23 GMT 9
This post is for my wife who was a U.S. Army Nurse for 7 years and flew Medical-Evac in these Huey Choppers with new born critical babies in Germany 1970's.
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Post by Jim on Oct 1, 2014 0:32:21 GMT 9
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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 1, 2014 4:31:59 GMT 9
I knew that JIM. Your names are on the plaque. I'd bet this was you also.
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Post by Bullhunter on Oct 1, 2014 4:35:48 GMT 9
British jets.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Oct 1, 2014 4:53:47 GMT 9
Not just the "Round Engines", the ones with the big cooling fans on the front of them, but the long V-12 Water Cooled Engines, also with big fans to help cool the engines.
Older than Dirt Jim Too.
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Post by pat perry on Oct 1, 2014 8:22:22 GMT 9
Gary, Got to see the Memphis Belle B-17 at Dayton at the F-106 reunion in 2013. The old girl was getting her 4th or 5th restoration and looked really good. It is amazing how detailed they were doing the restoration even with the gun turrets getting a complete overhaul. They removed the paint in layers (many layers) and found signatures of people who signed the airplane when it traveled around the US promoting war bond sales.
Had a lump in my throat when I saw her after she left Memphis.
Pat P.
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Post by Jim on Oct 1, 2014 8:28:31 GMT 9
I knew that JIM. Your names are on the plaque. I'd bet this was you also.
Nah, not me.... The last time I stood guard duty, I wore a parka and guarded 2 F-86s in a foot of snow in France with an M1 carbine...... Besides that 109 was a bit before my time..... Not that old, Old Sarge
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Oct 1, 2014 8:44:52 GMT 9
I knew that JIM. Your names are on the plaque. I'd bet this was you also.
Nah, not me.... The last time I stood guard duty, I wore a parka and guarded 2 F-86s in a foot of snow in France with an M1 carbine...... Besides that 109 was a bit before my time..... Not that old, Old Sarge Yeah, me too.
Last time I stood official guard duty was in 1952, as a Sky Cop Augmentee at The SCAB.
My duty post was near the end of a runway, next to a bunch of corn cribs.
I was never sure what I was guarding, or why.
But, I had my WW2, Knee Length Parka, an Ammo Belt, complete with a Canteen and Two Magazines of .30 Caliber Ammo for the M-1 Carbine they handed me.
I also had a full Magazine loaded in the Carbine.
Don't know what I would have done if something had come out to the Missouri River toward me.
I was also on unofficial Guard Duty in 1957.
Had to qualify with the 1911, .45 Caliber, Semi-Automatic Pistol.
I guarded the NCO Club, and other places at The SCAB, after a series of breakins.
There were a bunch of us doing the same thing for a couple weeks, in various places.
Like Jim, I am not old enough to have been able to guard the FW-190 at Duxford.
Keep posting those pictures, Gary.
Jim Too
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Post by LBer1568 on Oct 2, 2014 0:06:40 GMT 9
Last time I stood guard duty was 1971-72 at Chanute AFB IL. That was the time we had Afro-Americans rioting on base. I was trained as SP Auggie for riot control duties. We qualified with M-16, 1911 and a riot control baton. Looked like a straight baseball bat with lead filling. We had a riot ( about a week long at night) where black students set fire to dorm and a young firefighter lost his life when separated from partner searching dorm. The base commander had teams of an Officer, a senior NCO and a SP Auggie walk the "Mall" at Chanute and talk with young troops. They also called in a special K-9 Riot Control Team from TX. Had an old Col in charge that resembled John Wayne. They deployed one night after rioter's failed to disperse after 3-star gave them direct order to stop and return to dorms. The TX team walked up with their K-9 dogs growling and on Command took off their leashes. When the old Col gave order to disperse or the dogs would be released most of the rioters turned tail and left in a hurry. But before they left, they took a bunch of photo's and sprayed the rioters with a fluid that showed up under black light. Next day the Commander sent a group of pictures of leaders of riot and all us Instructor's had to look for any of our students. We had 2 young black Airmen from Flight Sim school who were on list. So we identified them, then were given orders to escort them to CBPO. Since I was an SP Auggie I got the pleasure of escorting one of the Airmen. They were read their rights, asked if they were part of riot. They denied being there. At that point they showed them photos of themselves at the Mall and then shown a black light on them which showed the liquid on skin. So they were given an option...face Court Marshal or take a General Discharge since they had less than 180 days of Military duty. They both took discharge. And it was immediate. We got them to CBPO at 0900 and I marched them to main gate in civilian clothes before 4 PM. I heard they discharged over 25 Airmen and Court Marshaled 4 who were considered the leaders. Turns out FBI had been tracking them (The 4 leaders) since they joined AF. They were planted to start riots after getting to Tech School. We also had a bunch of anti-war students protest at main gate. We had 4 10 man teams for riot control and we deployed between the gate and protestors. Then the real SP, with guns were behind us. Before anything happened about 25 car loads of civilian police...Federal Marshalls, State Police, County Sherriff and local Rantoul police arrived and deployed beside us. The base commander addressed the crowd with loud speaker and ordered them to leave Federal Property or face lethal means to remove them. I don't think the protestors were expecting that response and started walking back to their buses. So nothing happened. That was the last time I was deployed as Riot Control Team member. Things sort of settled down and returned to normal. If being Instructor at Chanute was Normal. Lorin
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Post by Jim on Oct 2, 2014 2:00:41 GMT 9
Lorin, that wasn't first time for problems at Chanute.... Nothing as drastic as what you described though. I was at Chanute in August of '57, ( right after introduction of Affirmative Action) for Weight and Balance Technician/Loadmaster school...... All on base NCOs, including TDY were tasked with performing bedcheck- curfew was midnight...... Uniforms were worn- no civilian clothes if you lived in the barracks...... Lasted about a week... Started with a white on black blanket party where the kid ended up with a broken arm........... There were some undesirable discharges issued....... Use to be a saying "Don't shoot 'em, Chanute 'em"........
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