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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2003, 11:57:51 AM »
thanks, nice find.


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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2003, 01:21:09 PM »
and a few more in avi format

http://mezek.valka.cz/texty/filmy.htm
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2003, 02:50:50 PM »
Why is that German still shooting the B17 even though it had its gear down?  Thats a sign of surrender.

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« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2003, 02:55:36 PM »
Because of the Bloody 101st which intentionally put its gear down in sign of surrender then proceeded to shoot German planes down as they flew away....

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« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2003, 03:04:44 PM »
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Why is that German still shooting the B17 even though it had its gear down?  Thats a sign of surrender.


He was a bish, the bastard! :D

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« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2003, 10:25:57 PM »
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Because of the Bloody 101st which intentionally put its gear down in sign of surrender then proceeded to shoot German planes down as they flew away....


Serious?
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2003, 10:54:39 PM »
Well the true story behind the 101st is more like this-  A b17 was alone and shot up.  The hydraulics had went out and for some reason the landing gear partially deployed.  A German fighter, thinking the 17 wished to surrender, pulled in close and started to fly formation with it.  The B17 gunners destroyed the 109, and other Germans in the area witnessed this.  They then proceeded to shoot the B17 down.

As the 'legend' goes, Germans intentionally attacked the 101st over other bomb groups, and 101st continued to have high losses throughout the war.

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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2003, 12:58:19 AM »
Btw. Schadenfreude, I love that handle of yours. There's no english translation ... no wonder those Brits and Yanks are so nice! :D
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2003, 01:26:19 AM »
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Why is that German still shooting the B17 even though it had its gear down?  Thats a sign of surrender.


Because it's taken from a video game.:D
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2003, 01:30:07 AM »
It was kind of strange listening to that happy big-band-music and watching B17s get shot down.

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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2003, 01:30:37 AM »
He probably needed Perk points to fly a perked pork that's why :D

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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2003, 02:34:25 AM »
Sort of like when the English dumped bombs, along with Bader's artificial legs, when the Germans specifically noted to the RAF that they won't fire at the delivery planes? :D

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« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2003, 09:16:30 AM »
Cool link!