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Offline oneway

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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #165 on: December 30, 2010, 09:28:26 AM »
Quote from: Brooke on December 29, 2010, 10:52:46 PM
Indeed, you should join the Luftwaffe -- the Knights of the Sky!

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Brooke,

As a home building contractor, I remodeled the home of James and Frances Finnegan about 10 years ago.

He preferred simply being called 'Finnegan' at the time, and cringed if you said 'Mr'...or started or concluded a sentence with 'Sir.

He had many paintings and photographs in his home of the Thunderbolt.

An amazing man to be sure.

Oneway

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Sixty-three years ago today, James Finnegan, a young Army fighter pilot flying his P-47 over Nazi-occupied Europe, found himself in one of the most storied dogfights of World War II, and at the end of it, he downed the top enemy ace, Gen. Adolf Galland.

Years later, the two adversaries became friends, visiting each other in California and Germany, where they swapped war stories, re-fought old battles and talked about their families.

Mr. Finnegan, 85, died Tuesday at a retirement home in Marin County, where he was well known in law enforcement circles as an investigator, first with the old Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (later Pacific Bell), next with the Marin County district attorney's office and, finally, as a private detective.

source: SF GATE, April 26, 2008

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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #166 on: December 30, 2010, 03:37:34 PM »
Quote from: oneway on December 30, 2010, 09:28:26 AM
Brooke,

As a home building contractor, I remodeled the home of James and Frances Finnegan about 10 years ago.


Cool!  Did you get to hear war stories from him?  Did you tell him that you were a WWII aviation enthusiast?
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #167 on: December 30, 2010, 11:56:29 PM »
Yes and Yes Brooke...

If it wasn't for the later... the former would have never happened.

Then as today I was passionate about the very history this man lived through.

What started out as normal business relationship between a client and service provider transformed...

In my eyes Finnegan was a god...

He was shocked that guys born after the war flew WW2 simulations against one another and would never let that history die...

It was shocking to him...and his eyes sparkled when talking to him about it...

Finnegan a was man you would have loved to meet...and one you would never forget...

An American Treasure...they don't make them like that anymore.

Oneway






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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #168 on: December 31, 2010, 08:51:18 AM »
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #169 on: January 02, 2011, 12:08:49 AM »
I'm not sure if this is the right thread to ask this in but due to probably not being able to absolutely commit to this would I still have a chance to fly Fw-190s as a walk on in this event?
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #170 on: January 02, 2011, 12:22:19 AM »
Quote from: Mirage on January 02, 2011, 12:08:49 AM
I'm not sure if this is the right thread to ask this in but due to probably not being able to absolutely commit to this would I still have a chance to fly Fw-190s as a walk on in this event?

Your chances of being able to fly a 190 as a walkon are high.  I haven't seen a scenario yet where there wasn't room for walkons, and the axis side has a lot of 190's.
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #171 on: January 02, 2011, 12:37:15 AM »
Awsome I will defiantly try and set aside a couple of Saturdays for this it will be exciting to fly my favorite plane the way it was flown in ww2!
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #172 on: January 14, 2011, 11:29:02 PM »
Can't seem to register with spec events to get into this... been a year or so since i did these things... can someone help?
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #173 on: January 15, 2011, 12:00:35 AM »
Did you create an account on ahevents.org, then did you log in before going to the registration page?
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #174 on: January 16, 2011, 01:17:32 PM »
Quote from: Brooke on December 29, 2010, 10:52:46 PM
Indeed, you should join the Luftwaffe -- the Knights of the Sky!

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I am in.
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #175 on: January 17, 2011, 03:24:38 PM »
Quote from: Seighin on January 16, 2011, 01:17:32 PM
I am in.

Wrong Gruppe emblem.

That's a III/JG11 emblem.  You have been assigned into II/JG11.  You want a horizontal bar, not vertical.
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #176 on: January 25, 2011, 03:38:17 PM »
Quote from: Stampf on January 17, 2011, 03:24:38 PM
Wrong Gruppe emblem.

That's a III/JG11 emblem.  You have been assigned into II/JG11.  You want a horizontal bar, not vertical.


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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #177 on: January 25, 2011, 03:43:02 PM »
Zeee silly frauline in ze office messed up the paper work with the snitzel and the beer... and the party.. well should change soon.
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #178 on: January 25, 2011, 11:17:52 PM »
 Fencer,send me that damned stick till I get mine repaired. I'll start flying again for this one.
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Re: Battle Over Germany - An Aces High Scenario
« Reply #179 on: January 26, 2011, 01:04:28 AM »
I think I've got one that you can use.  (I got my Dad a CH Products flightstick for Christmas, so his Saitek should now be a spare.)  If he does have it avail, I'll send it to you.  PM me your physical address.
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