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Offline Scherf

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Spitfire 944
« on: May 26, 2013, 05:01:44 PM »
Saw this posted on another board, very cool little film about a US recce pilot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY

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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

Offline gyrene81

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Re: Spitfire 944
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2013, 05:37:59 PM »
must have seen it in the general discussion board...
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,349153.0.html
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Offline Scherf

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Re: Spitfire 944
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2013, 07:29:07 PM »
Drat, didn't see it there, thanks for the heads up.
... 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: Spitfire 944
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2013, 09:21:49 AM »
This is awesome! Seeing his eyes light up when he saw the footage and realized it was him was awesome.
Like, ya know, when that thing that makes you move, it has pistons and things, When your thingamajigy is providing power, you do not hear other peoples thingamajig when they are providing power.

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Re: Spitfire 944
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 11:28:59 AM »
Excellent .  . thanks for sharin that, great bit of personal history :)

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Re: Spitfire 944
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2013, 12:19:38 PM »
That was fantastic... thanx for posting!   :salute


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