Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Fongman on December 29, 2005, 09:14:59 AM
-
(http://big5.china.com/gate/big5/news.china.com/zh_cn/history/photos/11025921/20050323/images/12189650_2005032319041913884700.jpg)
-
I know someone reading "flyboys" right now!
-
Is he left handed or is the picture mirrored?
-
Originally posted by Angus
Is he left handed or is the picture mirrored?
Well, the words "Life Jacket" are not reversed, so he must be a lefty.
By the way, HAPPY NEW YEAR!
My regards,
Widewing
-
Bush Senior flew the TBF?????:eek: :eek: :eek:
Thank God he's lucky to be alive and prez of USA
TBFs had such terrible casualties in early war... 90% casualties (that's in my memory)
-
Originally posted by 1K3
Bush Senior flew the TBF?????:eek: :eek: :eek:
Thank God he's lucky to be alive and prez of USA
TBFs had such terrible casualties in early war... 90% casualties (that's in my memory)
Your thinking of the DOUGLASS TBD DEVESTATOR - what the Torpedo Squadron's at Midway were flying when they were all about wiped out.
George W. Sr. flew a TBF AVENGER (like we have here in AH as the TBM) off the light carrier USS San Jacinto CVL-30.
:aok
-
and was shot down from what iv seen about it by flak
-
And picked up by a submarine...
-
TBMs are fun in the right hands, plus the rockets are nice for vulching
-
out of 6 tbf used at the battal of midway only one came back and that was a wreck,it oly had trim tabs for control the bomb bay hanging open and 1 undergear.
One poor gunner was dead the other dieing and the poilet just mannaged to land.
There is a skin in the game for this particular aircraft.
and there is a skin of Bush's aircraft too
-
Bush got shot down by flak along with some others, and was picked up by submarine. Some got captured by the Japanese and were later decapitated. "Flyboys" is the book.
I think he wasn't on Iwo, but am not sure, for he has ventured there since. Here, James Bradley and Bush on top of Mt. Suribachi:
(http://www.iwojima.com/images/bushl.jpg)
-
(http://www.pacificwrecks.com/people/visitors/scannon/bush.jpg) (http://www.geocities.com/ww2cvl/bushtbm.gif) (http://www.maam.org/flightsim/news/GHWB1.jpg)
-
Where do you get all those nice pics Fong?
And, the last one, year of picture???
-
i've read that ook twice now but i think its messed up his gunners bailed next to the islands and he kept control until he was a "safe" distance away from the aircraft. But what was more messed up ws when another pilot barrel rolled and his gunners bailed out but then he managed to regain control and land on the carrier. Now I find that messed up.
Happy New Years
SASKID
-
Bush was bombin a radio station on Chi Chi Jimma. makin his run he was hit by AA fire he ordered his gunners to bail out but they didnt and they died. after he landed in the ocean enemy gun boats were sent 2 pick him but a F6F strafed the boats and the sank. later a US sub picked him up and he was returend to Pearl Harbor
-
Congrats on your first post, but i got to ask (not to be mean) is your first post true?
-
Originally posted by cav58d
I know someone reading "flyboys" right now!
Have the book but havent read it yet since I havent had time and have had many magazines come in i.e. WW2 magazine and WW2 History.
Heard its supposed to be a good book hopefully Ill get around to reading it.
-
Another one out about George W Sr.'s WW2 days - Title of the book is "Flight of the Avenger." I have it in PB but I havent had a chance to read it yet.