Messerschmitt 110 found... For sale

[Bodhi]

Originally posted by Guppy35
Depending on who you ask, the B25 that was interned in Russia from the Doolittle Raid, may or may not still be around.  

It is around, although not in Russia.

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by Bodhi
It is around, although not in Russia.

Any chance of expanding on that?

Always wondered about that bird.  What a piece of history.  I understand the USAF Museum was after it at one point.

[Airscrew]

Originally posted by DiabloTX
That's odd.  In the  Messerschmitt 110 owner's manual, on pg. 34 it cleary states, "Nicht für Gebrauch in Wasser."

 

Reynolds after four years in Germany I cant speak it but I learned to read some.  Its actually kinda easy, just sound it out phonetically.
Nicht (Not)  für (for) Gebrauch (im guessing "us" no idea) in Wasser (water)

at least thats how I remember it

[hogenbor]

Originally posted by Airscrew


Reynolds after four years in Germany I cant speak it but I learned to read some.  Its actually kinda easy, just sound it out phonetically.
Nicht (Not)  für (for) Gebrauch (im guessing "us" no idea) in Wasser (water)

at least thats how I remember it

Well I'm Dutch so my German is at least reasonable. It translates into:

'Not for use in water'.

'Gebrauch' means literally 'use'.

But others got it already I guess

[Reynolds]

Originally posted by Airscrew


Reynolds after four years in Germany I cant speak it but I learned to read some.  Its actually kinda easy, just sound it out phonetically.
Nicht (Not)  für (for) Gebrauch (im guessing "us" no idea) in Wasser (water)

at least thats how I remember it

I know nicht, so I got that, and I was able to guess wasser was watter so I was thinking:

"not blah-blah blah-blah water" lol. Thanks hogenbor. Love lerning all the german I can, even these tiny bits.

[hogenbor]

Well, Dutch is rather close to German, but German is grammatically quite different and this makes it difficult to write correctly and to a lesser extent speak it as well.

That having said, I can understand written and spoken German perfectly and can make myself understood in the language, that's enough It is also quite nice to be able to read German aviation books and documents that mystify most Americans

Eventhough I work for Siemens, a German company, the official company language is English. No problem there, as most (younger) Germans are fluent enough in the language. Zey just have zis funny accent

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by hogenbor
Well, Dutch is rather close to German, but German is grammatically quite different and this makes it difficult to write correctly and to a lesser extent speak it as well.

I worked with a guy who was from Scheveningen, close to the Hague.  He says that just before the invasion, German spys were sent into the Nederlands to stir up trouble and gather intell for the approching invasion.

Dutch police had a card with "Scheveningen" written on it, and when they suspected someone was a German, they pulled out the card and asked that the suspect pronounce the name.  Germans could not get it right, but a born Dutchman could, so those who mispronounced were put in jail.

[hogenbor]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
I worked with a guy who was from Scheveningen, close to the Hague.  He says that just before the invasion, German spys were sent into the Nederlands to stir up trouble and gather intell for the approching invasion.

Dutch police had a card with "Scheveningen" written on it, and when they suspected someone was a German, they pulled out the card and asked that the suspect pronounce the name.  Germans could not get it right, but a born Dutchman could, so those who mispronounced were put in jail.

That's a nice story, but probably an urban myth. The Netherlands were a neutral country before WWII and hoped to remain so. Alas, it was not to be, we were overrun in a mere 4 days We had a grand total of one armoured car and a handful of half decent Fokkers, but most of these were destroyed on the ground.

There probably were German spies, but I doubt if they 'stirred up trouble'. I'd be happy to learn more though. The spies who were required to speak fluent Dutch were probably from mixed German/Dutch decent or had ties to German families (which is quite common here).

However, if you're not Dutch, 'Scheveningen' is a ***** to pronounce, that's true.