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Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: DA98 on February 19, 2001, 05:04:00 PM

 (http://cleaver.freeyellow.com/Caribou_Ha_Thahn.jpg)  

Does anybody have any information about it?  Vietnam maybe? Is the plane a Caribou? Some areas of the pic are obviously edited (BAD edited IMHO) but the plane looks real...


[This message has been edited by DA98 (edited 02-19-2001).]

Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: funked on February 19, 2001, 05:26:00 PM

I've got that picture in another book (forgot which one), and yes it was Vietnam.  As the plane was taking off it was hit by an outgoing howitzer round from a nearby artillery battery.

Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: jato757 on February 19, 2001, 07:43:00 PM

holy toejam

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Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: Ozark on February 19, 2001, 07:54:00 PM

Yeah, what jato757 said! WOW!

Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: Seeker on February 19, 2001, 08:12:00 PM

you mean it was friendly fire?

Sad.

Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: Tac on February 19, 2001, 10:40:00 PM

See? The single ping ack in AH IS historically accurate!  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

ouch

Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: Maverick on February 21, 2001, 06:00:00 PM

 

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Originally posted by Seeker:
you mean it was friendly fire?

Sad.

Ain't no such thing as "friendly fire", if it hits ya.   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)

Mav

PS Incoming fire HAS the right of way!

Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: Midnight on February 21, 2001, 09:10:00 PM

Usualy when I see a pic like this, I look at the people in it.

Look at the men on the ground. Not one appears to be looking up at the plane. Most seem to be just going about other business.

In Vietnam, when something went BOOM! people either looked or ducked.

I say it's a fake. Looks like it was edited in by the smudged look around the mountain side to the right of the plane. Fake.

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Title: Interesting pic:
Post by: SOB on February 22, 2001, 02:10:00 AM

 

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Originally posted by jato757:
holy toejam

heh...I uttered the same words while looking at that picture  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)