First solo in Kid Charlemagne
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The dog was told there was a less cruel owner at the top of that slide.
SO FUNNY :-)
The dog was told there was a less cruel owner at the top of that slide.
SO FUNNY :-)
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"Great Britain: General Eisenhower, Air Marshall Tedder and General Montgomery view the to
"Great Britain: General Eisenhower, Air Marshall Tedder and General Montgomery view the tons of supplies which have accumulated, they they join the roops who are engaging in mass maneuvers. Piat guns destroy tanks, new machine guns split into action from tanks, and masses of tanks give off salvos of artillery fire. Overhead, huge formations of transport planes sail into view and hundreds of parachute troops literally fill the sky. The Generals are satisfied." (partial newsreel)
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This is a nice video of a flight demonstration of the Palm Springs Air Museum's Bell P-63A
This is a nice video of a flight demonstration of the Palm Springs Air Museum's Bell P-63A Kingcobra. Not the greatest aircraft of WWII, but a significant one nonetheless, especially to the Soviets. This is one of the most wicked looking fighters of all time, in my honest opinion. This thing also really scoots off the runway despite the reduced, low-octane-fuel power settings that need to be used these days!
This is typical, everyday (well, not quite) SoCal, USA warbird activity, ha! We are very, very lucky out here, and I certainly appreciate it!
The Allison engine really never achieved a high state of development during WWII like the Rolls Royce Merlin. There were major problems, even several years into the post-war era. The Allison soldiered on into the early 1950s in the F-82 Twin Mustang and actually became a real solid powerplant by then, but by that time, who really cared anyway?
That is the Palm Springs Air Museum's chief pilot Jim Dale at the controls.
Enjoy the video!
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Französische Panzerabwehrrakete..
vollidioten =D
Französische Panzerabwehrrakete..
vollidioten =D
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Added: 6 months ago
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A close shave,,,
The crew of Shiloh should've let him know what would happen.
A close shave,,,
The crew of Shiloh should've let him know what would happen.
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This is a collection of pictures of buildings and places in Europe today and what they loo
This is a collection of pictures of buildings and places in Europe today and what they looked like during the war. This includes pictures of soldiers, cities, and battles throughout Europe.
I did not take these pictures, they were taken by Geoff Walden. They can be found on his site www.thirdreichruins.com
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In his words:
At the age of 19 I accepted a short - servicecommission in the Royal Air
In his words:
At the age of 19 I accepted a short - servicecommission in the Royal Air Force in September, 1935, after having had two years at sea as a cadet. I was bored and wanted to fly. After training at No. 3 F.T.S. at Grantham, flying the Avro Tutor, Hawker Hart, Hawker Fury and the Bristol Bulldog, I was glad to pass out with the highest rating available "exceptional" in my log-book.
In July 1936, I was posted to my first Fighter Squadron, No. 65(F) at Hornchurch where I flew Hawker Demons, wich were replaced by Gloster Gauntletts, then Gladiators, and finally Spitfires, which we received in late 1938, being one of the first Squadrons to be equipped with this revolutionary aircraft.
Consequently, by the outbreak of war I had flown several hundred hours on Spitfires and was thoroughly familiar and confident in it. A tremendous advantage later when going into combat.
On the 16th May 1940, I was instructed on a top secret order to fly to Hendon with two other Spitfires. We were to act as fighter escort to an un-armed twin-engined Flamingo, carrying Winston Churchill and a small staff to Le Bourget, for his final attempt to prevail on the French to hold out a little longer.
Churchill realised the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunkirk was imminent. After the retum flight to Hendon the next day, Winston thanked us for our escort, but from his expression he left us in no doubt that he had been unsuccessful.
My first aerial combat took place over Dunkirk on 23 May 1940, as a flight commander in 92 (F) Squadron. I couldn't have got off to a better start when I destroyed an Me 109; later the same day I shot down two further enemy aircraft, both Me 11O's.
I continued to serve with No. 92 Squadron on Spitfires, commanding one of the Flights throughout the Dunkirk battles, the large air battles which followed over the Channel in the build up to the Battle of Britain.
I was still with 92, during the first half of the Battle of Britain, when I was posted to take over command of No. 257 Hurricane Squadron, which up until this time had suffered heavy casualties. I commanded this squadron until half way through 1941, when I was given command of the Fighter Wing at Duxford.
I spent October 1941 in the U.S.A. lecturing on air combat, and flying all the American fighters as part of an Air Ministry assessment for the Lend-Lease programme. I returned to the U.K. to take command of the Biggin Hill wing of four Spitfire Squadrons. My air combat career finished when I was shot down by ground fire during a low level attack over Northem France, in January 1942 and was taken prisoner by the Germans. I was credited with 29 air victories.
However, in 1978, the Aircraft Recovery Group excavated the remains of an Me 109 22 ft deep in the marshes, (sadly still containing the remains of the pilot, Lt. Wemer Knittle), and subsequently, after considerable research at the M.0.D., it was decided that it was an aircraft I had shot down, but had only claimed as "probable" at the time. It was duly accredited to me, bringing my total to 30.
I spent the next three years as a P.O.W., but managed to escape in January, 1945, and made my way via Poland to meet up with the advancing Russian Army. Back in England by April 1945, I completed a refresher course on Harvards at Digby before flying Vampires and Meteors at Tangmere and West Raynham.
In 1946 I became Station Commander at Coltishall, and after a spell in Singapore, retired from the R.A.F. in 1949.
Commands:
No. 65 Squadron RAF (1935-1940)
No. 92 Squadron RAF (1940)
No. 257 Squadron RAF (1940-1942)
Awards Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Flying Cross
DFC
AFC
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Endlich auf YouTube: Original-Musik, Zusammenstellung und Zeichnungen selbst erstellt.
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