Author Topic: For the Fighter Jocks of Aces High (Read 1062 times)

Stegahorse · « **on:** June 25, 2003, 02:04:48 PM »

The last 'dogfight' of WWII took place in April 1945, when an unarmed Piper Cub spotter plane of the 5Th Armored Division met up with an unarmed Fieseler Storch spotter plane. The two American crewmen fired their Colt .45's at the German plane and forced it down. The Piper crew then landed and took the Germans prisoner. It was the only German plane to be shot down with a handgun in WWII.
http://www.geocities.com/limeydvr/facts3.htm

It seems that Prop dogfighting ended as it a had began,
in Europe between two spotter planes with handguns.
LOLOLOLOL

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2003, 02:07:25 PM »

Good read. Thanks.

Hawklore · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2003, 02:29:33 PM »

Great Read,Thanks.

ccvi · « **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2003, 03:13:10 PM »

"The U.S. Navy had a ship in the South Pacific whose sole purpose was to make ice cream! It could produce 5,000 gallons of ice cream an hour."

Hitech, please model this one!

Jackal1 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2003, 04:52:10 PM »

You scream and I`ll scream. We`ll all scream for ice cream.

udet · « **Reply #5 on:** June 25, 2003, 04:59:47 PM »

u mean the last dogfight in the ETO.

Gixer · « **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2003, 07:02:50 PM »

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Originally posted by ccvi
"The U.S. Navy had a ship in the South Pacific whose sole purpose was to make ice cream! It could produce 5,000 gallons of ice cream an hour."

Hitech, please model this one!

LOL only the Americans would have a ship for that purpose.

Arlo · « **Reply #7 on:** June 25, 2003, 07:10:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Gixer
LOL only the Americans would have a ship for that purpose.

Only the Americans could have a ship for that purpose. When the enemy hears about it, they laugh, they deny, then a letter home from a POW written on an ice cream container lid ... and ... well ... demoralizin' as hell.

Gixer · « **Reply #8 on:** June 25, 2003, 07:29:57 PM »

LMAO Very true.

Arlo · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2003, 07:41:02 PM »

Ever see the movie "Mr. Roberts"? They were stuck on a cargo ship on the "rear lines" of the Pacific front and were miserable as hell. This has me wonderin' what kind of spin-off spoof a movie about serving on the "ice cream ship" would be like. Damn my rather bizarre imagination and it's own innate sense of irony. As if the line preceeding this one actually made sense.

Blue Mako · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2003, 10:11:31 PM »

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Originally posted by ccvi
"The U.S. Navy had a ship in the South Pacific whose sole purpose was to make ice cream! It could produce 5,000 gallons of ice cream an hour."

Imagine the surprise of a U-boat captain on torpedoing this ship, expecting a large column of fire and a large "kaboom!", instead getting a dull "Floop!" as the torp explodes, sending fountains of icecream high into the air.

Even crueller would be the disappointment of the sharks circling the sinking wreck, only to find tubs of Cookies-and-Cream floundering in the water...

Engine · « **Reply #11 on:** June 26, 2003, 02:10:44 AM »

What an embarassing story that must make for the grandkids.

'Granddad, what'd you do in the war?'
'Ummm... Navy....'
'Doing what, Granddad?'
'Ummmm... well... making ice cream on a ship'

ccvi · « **Reply #12 on:** June 26, 2003, 01:43:48 PM »

At least it explains why the US had soooo many ships in total.

Wilfrid · « **Reply #13 on:** June 26, 2003, 01:58:58 PM »

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The British Second Army had the greatest representation of foreign units of all allied armies. It included Irish, Scottish, Polish, Czech, Belgian, Dutch, U.S. and British units.

Er, what?

Gloves · « **Reply #14 on:** June 26, 2003, 02:03:50 PM »

I say PERK THE PIPER!!!