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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:53 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:53 pm to Darth_Vader
Tamiya is hands-down my favorite, too. Their P-51s, P-47s, and F4Us are the best of the best.
Got this in the stack that I am dying to build:
Got this in the stack that I am dying to build:
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Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:54 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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I knew they lost a lot there, but I have never looked at the numbers. I always thought the Schweinfurt (sp?) mission where they lost around 60 or so.
You made me doubt myself so I went and checked. Schweinfurt was actually two missions carried out side by side at the same time. Two separate formations hit two separate targets at the same time. Operation Tidal Wave on the other hand was a single formation and single target. Guess that's why it's considered to be the biggest "single mission" loss.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:55 pm to Darth_Vader
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They lost more bombers on that mission than any other mission of the war.... and that's saying something.
1 short of 1/3 of the B-24s over the target were lost. It's a miracle we didn't lose Jimmy Stewart in that mission. He was assigned to his unit stateside the same month as Tidal Wave.
A couple of months shift, in one direction could have placed him over the target that did.
He did make at least 1, if not both raids on Shchweinfurt(he was notorious for hitching a ride and not logging the mission - he got there so late, he didn't want the brass to get scared they were going to get Jimmy Stewart killed by flying so many missions), which is more courage that you'll find in all of Hollywood today, combined.
He also bombed Berlin.
ETA: Timing not right for him to have been on first Schweinfurt - that was the same month as Tidal Wave - It was mostly/all B-17s, while Tidal Wave was all B-24s.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 1:58 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:56 pm to Darth_Vader
See, am learning something new.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:56 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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red x - what is it?
Revell F-106... Can you see it now?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:57 pm to Darth_Vader
Oh yeah. Got the same kit in the stash. I plan on rescribing it and going all crazy. We need to post some of our builds...may have to do that tonight.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:59 pm to Spaceman Spiff
F-106 Delta Dart. I've got the plastic kit in 1/48 and had a great flying RC one until it suffered an uncontrolled flight into terrain.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:02 pm to JustGetItRight
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had a great flying RC one until it suffered an uncontrolled flight into terrain.
I've got a buddy who use to do RC planes. I mean the big ones with like 5' or 6' wingspans. He mangled the fingers on one of his hands a few years ago and that pretty much ended his interest in RC planes.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:05 pm to Darth_Vader
Who are these guys?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:06 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Wild guess - U.S. Army, Arizona/West Texas/Mexico.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:07 pm to Darth_Vader
I do electric. Most of mine are foamies - built out of foam insulation board.
They're relatively cheap to build, and given my flying skills, it is wise to not invest much in or get too emotionally attached to them.
They're relatively cheap to build, and given my flying skills, it is wise to not invest much in or get too emotionally attached to them.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:07 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Who are these guys?
British in the desert? Other than that, no clue.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:08 pm to Ace Midnight
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Wild guess - U.S. Army, Arizona/West Texas/Mexico.
The headgear isn't right. Those are British hats so it is somewhere in the commonwealth.
Best I can do.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:08 pm to Darth_Vader
Alright... Let's see who can get this.....
What unit wore this patch?
What did this unit do of historic note that neither the 101st or 82nd can say they did?
What unit wore this patch?
What did this unit do of historic note that neither the 101st or 82nd can say they did?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:08 pm to JustGetItRight
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I do electric. Most of mine are foamies - built out of foam insulation board.
I have a Park Flyers small P-51 that I fly sometime. My son goes all crazy watching it.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:09 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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Who are these guys?
Australian Camel Corps troops in the Middle East during WWI?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:11 pm to Darth_Vader
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Australian Camel Corps troops in the Middle East during WWI?
Close. That's the British Somaliland Camal Corps in the interwar period.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:12 pm to Darth_Vader
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What unit wore this patch?
I'm guessing some airborne division that fought in the Pacific?
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What did this unit do of historic note that neither the 101st or 82nd can say they did?
Airborne jump in Korea?
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:13 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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I'm guessing some airborne division
Yes
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that fought in the Pacific?
No
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Airborne jump in Korea?
No
Posted on 7/23/14 at 2:15 pm to Darth_Vader
17th Airborne, they had a combat jump into Germany.
ETA: Everything but the patch was covered, briefly, in Band of Brothers.
ETA: Everything but the patch was covered, briefly, in Band of Brothers.
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 2:17 pm
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