Author Topic: For you 418 Sq. guys (Read 933 times)

2stony · « **on:** April 26, 2004, 05:33:13 PM »

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I thought you 418 Squadron guys would like this picture. This is the original painting of Lou Luma's victory over a Me-410 at night over Germany. Roy Grinnell is the artist and the prints of this picture are now available from the MOF's store. Roy is also selling some on his site also.

http://www.topgunart.com/newreleases.htm

Lou has been signing the prints at the Museum of Flight and we had the painting shipped to us last week. Lou said the Me-410 had been up earlier in the night and had 5 Lanc kills already and was on his second sortie. Lou and his navigator came up behind him and blasted him with the four 20mm in the nose of the Mosquito. He said the guy never knew what hit him. The Me-410 caught on fire and went down in a ball of fire and exploded on the ground.

jaxxo · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2004, 05:42:31 PM »

Sweet pic..cool story

Karnak · « **Reply #2 on:** April 26, 2004, 06:17:58 PM »

Nice. The Mossie intruders took a huge toll on German nightfighters once the RAF had the nads to risk their precious AI radar over enemy occupied territory.

They should have deployed them over Germany in 1942.

thrila · « **Reply #3 on:** April 26, 2004, 06:30:12 PM »

I do love the mossie.

I feel she is highly under rated by many in AH.

NHattila · « **Reply #4 on:** April 26, 2004, 06:39:24 PM »

cool, thanks for that stony! we have some similar story in our squad BBS.

S!

and i'm with ya thrila. it's my fav jabo. but i dont seem to jabo much anymore...

Furball · « **Reply #5 on:** April 26, 2004, 07:17:26 PM »

Cool, thanks for that!

I will post a link to this in sqd bbs. Dont think many read this forum.

Frost · « **Reply #6 on:** April 26, 2004, 09:23:57 PM »

Don't encourage those 418th guys. The whole squad has gone down hill since they took on those VMF-323 losers

NHattila · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2004, 11:11:30 PM »

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Originally posted by Frost
Don't encourage those 418th guys. The whole squad has gone down hill since they took on those VMF-323 losers

hehe, the only problem with adding the VMF-323's was we hardly had enough room for Swoop's ego

Octavius · « **Reply #8 on:** April 26, 2004, 11:43:58 PM »

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Originally posted by NHattila
hehe, the only problem with adding the VMF-323's was we hardly had enough room for Swoop's ego

LOL!!!!!

I knew thats why I wouldn't fit over there...

Excellent mosquito pic btw! Thanks for sharing!

Curval · « **Reply #9 on:** April 27, 2004, 06:02:27 AM »

ROFLMAO...

Busher · « **Reply #10 on:** April 27, 2004, 09:19:01 AM »

Stony

~~Many thanks for that photo and posting~~

214thCavalier · « **Reply #11 on:** April 27, 2004, 01:21:34 PM »

Curval your avatar looks like your wearing pink frilly knickers !

Octavius · « **Reply #12 on:** April 27, 2004, 11:30:17 PM »

Oh but he is! It's a "Bermuda tradition"

...and dead sexy I might add.

Kinda like the scots and kilts. I think he has a few linkies to some good bermuda shorts readin

Curval · « **Reply #13 on:** April 28, 2004, 09:44:11 AM »

That might be the way it "looks" but chicks dig it Cav.

Swoop · « **Reply #14 on:** April 28, 2004, 09:54:09 AM »

Oh dear.

Curv, your wife is the 'chick' telling you that 'chicks' dig them, she tells you this because she knows you're daft enough to believe her.

And did you get my reply to your reply or is your office still blocking my email?