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Offline Furball

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NOE Raid
« on: September 22, 2008, 01:47:36 AM »
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Offline Scherf

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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2008, 06:26:47 AM »
"Bomberguy" has the best clips on youtube.
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2008, 09:58:23 AM »
Whoa, low flying there!
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2008, 10:12:24 AM »
:aok

and yes bomberguy does have some excellent clips :)
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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2008, 10:19:27 AM »
Venturas? Wow... Didn't think they saw much action.
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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2008, 04:08:14 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on September 22, 2008, 10:19:27 AM
Venturas?

"The flying pig."

I think they were in service for about 18 months or so - 21, 464 and 464 Squadrons converted from them to Mosquitos in autumn of '43 after 2 Group had left Bomber Command for 2nd TAF.
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... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2008, 04:21:01 PM »
wow, that looks like amazing low level work for being at 12k ;)
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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2008, 05:11:47 PM »
Quote from: Bodhi on September 22, 2008, 04:21:01 PM
wow, that looks like amazing low level work for being at 12k ;)
:rofl :rofl
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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2008, 06:44:17 PM »
errrm, Mongo not understand teh funny.
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... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2008, 12:45:57 AM »
Quote from: Bodhi on September 22, 2008, 04:21:01 PM
wow, that looks like amazing low level work for being at 12k ;)

 :lol

Optical illusion on the camera.  Must be.
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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2008, 08:11:41 AM »
Quote from: Furball on September 23, 2008, 12:45:57 AM
:lol

Optical illusion on the camera.  Must be.

Naw, I think those were 11000' trees and houses.  Looked to be a couple of 14k or 15k tall smoke stacks too.  With the people I saw running I was really expecting to see a huge beanstock somewhere.  Especially with all those 3K' tall giants running around.
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Offline SmokinLoon

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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2008, 12:26:49 PM »
Thanks for the heads up.  There are many vids there on WWII aircraft.  I just spent almost an hour watching Mossi vids.  :D
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« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2008, 12:33:03 PM »
Quote from: Bodhi on September 23, 2008, 08:11:41 AM
Naw, I think those were 11000' trees and houses.  Looked to be a couple of 14k or 15k tall smoke stacks too.  With the people I saw running I was really expecting to see a huge beanstock somewhere.  Especially with all those 3K' tall giants running around.

Your explanation is spot on.  It is amazing how tall people were back then.  It is amazing how accurate those 12k noe raids were ;) :devil
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Re: NOE Raid
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2008, 04:34:48 PM »
OMG my sides hurt...stop your killing me. :rofl :rofl

The impressive part was it only took 2 weeks for the trees to grow that high..... really.
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« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2008, 04:40:44 PM »
14k to 15k hmmm.... What was the wingspan on those AC got to be say.....7k at least?
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