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| Jolly | Apr 1 2018, 01:29 PM Post #1 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Yes, boys and girls, that's P-40's going into combat...From a carrier...
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| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| George K | Apr 1 2018, 02:32 PM Post #2 |
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Finally
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The guys at the lower left: "Holy sh!t! That thing got airborne!" |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Jolly | Apr 1 2018, 02:47 PM Post #3 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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That happened during the North African campaign. They desperately needed air assets, and if Doolittle could get a B-25 off the deck on one...They loaded up seventy P-40's on a carrier and away they went. There is a bit of the footage on this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zgWYshZms&index=71&list=PL87B91BF8DAF07103 Edited by Jolly, Apr 1 2018, 02:51 PM.
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| George K | Apr 1 2018, 03:02 PM Post #4 |
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I remember reading "First Heroes" (great book, by the way) about the Doolittle raids. Those guys did everything , EVERYTHING, to reduce weight on the Mitchells to be able to get them off the carrier deck. They even scrapped the machine guns in the tail, replacing them with black-painted broomsticks to make them *look* like they had rear protection. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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