Spitfire pilot - for Taylor Marc
Submitted by Paul H on Wed, 2013-11-20 07:15
Thought Taylor Mark may appreciate this similar to his experience with a veteran
watch from 9.30 minutes onwards if you want to fastforward although most of its interesting
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&sns=em
Cheers
Paul
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cell
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this is pretty cool you can
this is pretty cool you can see the memories come back in the emotion of the pilots face. the work they did was hard adn lonely not to mention dangerous.
quite interesting
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iana
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Photo-Reconnaissance during WW2 was amazing.
New a guy who was a pathfinder in mosquitos. Been in contact with his relatives in NZ. Wished I could have spoken to him more.
Just finished a book about the De-Havilland Mosquito. Just amazing what they did, sometimes flying 10 feet off the deck leaving rooster tails in the snow.
All written in a "Matter of fact" easy going way by the pilot or navigator.
Rob H
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amazing doco-Ive always had
amazing doco-Ive always had an interest in that sort of WW2 history.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
iana
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Been reading many stories on WW2
Rob H if you are into this, go and get a Kindle reader and visit Amazon.com they have many of these stories written by the participants. The books are cheap, and there are lots. Amazing stories.
Rob H
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usually attack the library
usually attack the library before I go to sea, Ive read so many that I usually end up reading again a few years later.
It all started with "Reach for the Sky" when I was about 12!
One fascinating one was "I flew for the Fuhrer", one of the rare ones I have found from the German side.
Been looking for Adolf Gallands biography for a while to read
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
tailor marc
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Cant wait to watch this, work
Cant wait to watch this, work has blocked it :( Will take a look when i get home.
For anyone interested this is the story i went through...
http://marcrussoamazingadventures.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/what-are-the-chances-ww2-trench-art-braclet-makes-its-way-back-to-owner/
My photography pictures... http://westernhorizonsmedia.wordpress.com/
iana
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Some good fiction reading to ease the hours at sea!
Flight of the Intruder (1st) & The Intruders (2nd) by Stephen Coonts. Jake the pilot doesn't fly the aircraft, he straps it on and wears it like a coat.
Also great book, plenty of flying but sad ending, "Goodbye Mickey Mouse" Mustang action, by Len Deighton.
I will chase up "I flew for the Fuhrer" be an interesting read from the other side.
Douglas Bader sounded like an extremely arrogant man who trod on a few toes, my instructor at tech school was a mechanic in his squadron and went livid if we spoke of him.
Rob H
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the german who wrote "I flew
the german who wrote "I flew for the Fuhrer" went on to be re-establish Lufthansa as a commercial airline and also, ironically, lost legs but while on the ground and escaping the Russians.
Despite being shot down many times and from memory several times in one day when Allied airpower was totally overwhelming.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.