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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Acidrain on February 23, 2012, 05:56:24 PM
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I had'nt seen some of these,Hope you all enjoy.
Macchi202v
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/Macchi202v.jpg)
HARVs from a P47
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/HARVS.jpg)
Spit tipping a V1
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/SpitvsV1.jpg)
USS Phillipine Sea in North Pacific 1945
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/USSPhillipineSeaNPacific1945.jpg)
Marines on Tinian
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/MarinesonTinian.jpg)
4 Shots from Pearl
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/Pearl1.jpg)
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/Pearl2.jpg)
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/Pearl3.jpg)
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff413/Bubba408str/WWII/Pearl4.jpg)
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Wow! more... more... these are awesome. :salute
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Very nice! Thanks for sharing! :salute
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My Uncle was on the West Virginia in Pearl that day , He only survived because another shipmate opened a sealed bulkhead door to let him out. When he got to the deck he said it was level with the water. Thats about all i ever heard him say about the War.
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What exactly did that spit do to the V1? Did he use his wing to affect the roll of the V1 to throw it off course?
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Very nice :aok
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Nice pictures.
I love the shipload of -4's, but that photo is from much later as the front aircraft of the bunch is a Skyraider.
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A bunch of those keep popping up here. Seems like they are making the e-mail rounds.
The Rockets are actually from a Typhoon however
The top Spit tipping the V-1 is a fake. The other two show a Spit XIV using a wing tip to knock the wing of the V-1 up, throwing off the gyro
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What exactly did that spit do to the V1? Did he use his wing to affect the roll of the V1 to throw it off course?
I'll quote Wiki since the info is correct from all the accounts I've read in the past:
"When V-1 attacks began in mid-June 1944, the only aircraft with the low-altitude speed to be effective against it was the Hawker Tempest. Fewer than 30 Tempests were available. They were assigned to No. 150 Wing RAF. Early attempts to intercept and destroy V-1s often failed, but improved techniques soon emerged. These included using the airflow over an interceptor's wing to raise one wing of the V-1, by sliding the wingtip to within 6 in (15 cm) of the lower surface of the V-1's wing. If properly executed, this manoeuvre would tip the V-1's wing up, overriding the gyros and sending the V-1 into an out-of-control dive. At least three V-1s were destroyed this way.[17] That the method was from time to time actually effective could be seen over southern parts of the Netherlands when V-1s headed due eastwards at low altitude, the engine quenched. In early 1945 such a missile soared below clouds over Tilburg to gently alight eastwards of the city in open fields."
Edit: Guppy beat me to it. :aok
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Thanks guys. That leads to another question though. I'm not real sure about the V1s but judging by those pictures they look to be a little smaller than the Spitfire. Even though they were smaller than a plane wouldn't be easier to just shoot them down rather than to flip them? Or was the explosion from them to large?
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Thanks guys. That leads to another question though. I'm not real sure about the V1s but judging by those pictures they look to be a little smaller than the Spitfire. Even though they were smaller than a plane wouldn't be easier to just shoot them down rather than to flip them? Or was the explosion from them to large?
That.
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Tipping was only one as a last ditch effort after running out of ammo. It was not used if they had ammo to knock the doodlebug down.
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A double post
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Wow got a triple. I think that means I drove in a runner and got an RBI
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Nice pictures.
I love the shipload of -4's, but that photo is from much later as the front aircraft of the bunch is a Skyraider.
Truedat
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My Uncle was on the West Virginia in Pearl that day , He only survived because another shipmate opened a sealed bulkhead door to let him out. When he got to the deck he said it was level with the water. Thats about all i ever heard him say about the War.
My Great Uncle was on the West Virginia as well, and luckily survived. He jumped over the side and almost drowned.
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awesome pictures :bolt:
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The Rockets are actually from a Typhoon however
I was thinking those looked like those were British rockets, not American.
AFAIK, there was a mix of Meteor Mk I, Tempest Mk V, Mustang Mk IV, Spitfire LF.Mk IX, Spitfire Mk XIV and Mosquito Mk VI squadrons tasked with V1 interception. The piston aircraft were all operating on 150 octane fuel with notably higher performance than they have in AH.
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great photos, thx for sharing :aok
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I have a few pics hanging around that some might be interested in. These were taken by my Grandpa on his way across the Ardennes with the 661st TD Charlie Company, 3rd Armored. Spearhead on their way through and past the bulge. (There's about 138 of these pic's in the album, I won't take up that kind of space here... http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showgallery.php?cat=3077 )
(Also, a booklet handed out after the war)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/315772_1887654165093_1653617331_1653890_2942085_n.jpg)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/307847_1887647404924_1653617331_1653864_3301926_n.jpg)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/Ardennes_13.jpg)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/Ardennes_14.jpg)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/Ardennes_15.jpg)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/Werra_07.jpg)
Grandpa muggin for the camera ^ (crossing the Werra River)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/Rhine_33.jpg)
Crossing the Rhine
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/Werra_26.jpg)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/3077/medium/Werra_27.jpg)
Handwritten note on the back of the pic (Surrender in Werra)
I have a lot more, in my albums on the site those are linked from.
(Oh.. and since I can't resist.... Below is a picture of my baby which is being restored as we speak....)
(http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/2979/medium/1211011544.jpg)
1944 Willys MB, (August 44 is the estimated delivery date)
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I don't know about the rest of you.... but I am enjoying the pics in this thread.
I had a friend back in the 70s that collected war time willys.
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She's in need of a lot of tender loving care.. that and a mig welder and sand blaster. New wiring harness (entire electrical system...) and a few more turns of the wrench to go :rock
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Looks like raw gun cam footage of V1's being shot down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKZpUvz4MZo
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I was thinking those looked like those were British rockets, not American.
AFAIK, there was a mix of Meteor Mk I, Tempest Mk V, Mustang Mk IV, Spitfire LF.Mk IX, Spitfire Mk XIV and Mosquito Mk VI squadrons tasked with V1 interception. The piston aircraft were all operating on 150 octane fuel with notably higher performance than they have in AH.
41 Squadron was still in XIIs at that point and one of the Flight Lead's, Terry Spencer tipped a V-1 with a clipped wing Spit after running out of ammo, which was a bit more dangerous then a full span as the odds of damaging the aileron on that side was greater.
First tip was "Junior" Collier of 91 Squadron who ran out of ammo in his XIV and then tipped a V-1. "Dixie" Deans of 616 tipped one out of ammo in his Meteor.
First V-1 downed in daylight was shot down by Spit XIV pilot Bruce Moffet of 91 squadron.