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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: sullie363 on October 13, 2007, 08:49:41 AM
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This is something off the military channel. There was no explanation in the show and I couldn't find anything online. Anybody know the story behind this?
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Killshooter was off that day.
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Originally posted by Viking
Killshooter was off that day.
:rofl
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Originally posted by Viking
Killshooter was off that day.
He wasn't chess piece loyal?
Bronk
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The American flag stand for a C-47 that Cpt. Louis. E. Curdes straffed on February 10th 1944 which had just landed at a Japanese airfield on the Phillipines. He figured that it would be a Japanese plane very soon, if not having been one already.
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IIRC that happened several times. One P-61 (I think) crew shot down a US bomber that was about to land at a Japanese field.
I've read of several other stories, but I can't remember the details.
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While we're onto this, the nose of the B-17 Miss Con Duct had a bunch of bomb markings, some air kills, and two ducks painted on the nose...what the heck are the ducks?
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Sounds like some kind of decoying mission....
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I believe the story behind that is that a U.S. C-47/R4D was going to land on a Japanese held island. The P-51 pilot carefully popped both engines on the transport forcing them to ditch at sea, and they were rescued by friendlies.
And there were several who flew both in Europe and the Pacific. The majority I read about said the Japanese were more difficult to shoot down.
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Very interesting, thanks.
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Savage has the story corrrect. It was prior to landing and the C47 had to ditch. Apparently it turned out that a nurse Curdes knew was on the transport as well
He's flown 38s with the 82nd FG in the MTO first where he got his LW and Italian kills.
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So a C47, flown by Americans, was going to land at a Japanese field and instead of getting on the radio to ask why, the P51 shoots out its engines. I somehow feel like I'm missing something here lol.
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Sounds like he didn't like that nurse.
I'm not sure what the big deal was, the Japanese manufactured C-47s for their own use. B-25s would occassionally shoot them down on strafing missions.
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I may be wrong Sullie.. i read about this story long ago.
I think he fired on the c47's engines to make them ditch when the transport was landing on a field that had been overrun by Japanese forces and the goon pilot was apparently unaware.
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Originally posted by sullie363
So a C47, flown by Americans, was going to land at a Japanese field and instead of getting on the radio to ask why, the P51 shoots out its engines. I somehow feel like I'm missing something here lol.
Incompatible radios, mmmm?
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Yep, there might had been hundreds of planes in air same time from tens of units so it's unlikely that radio would have helped.
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The ducks were to indicate decoy missions as stated above, my uncle was a waist gunner with the 100th BG and had 2 ducks on his plane also.
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Im glad i was not a figherpilot in WW2. As a norwegian i would prolly have flown spitfires. I think the spit is lame so i would prolly have shot down my squaddies and ditched then torched my own plane. They would be upset about that i guess.
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Originally posted by OOZ662
While we're onto this, the nose of the B-17 Miss Con Duct had a bunch of bomb markings, some air kills, and two ducks painted on the nose...what the heck are the ducks?
:rofl
I kind of figure it was a flock of ducks a gunner shot or they both ran into the props of the plane thats what I figure :lol
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Im glad i was not a figherpilot in WW2. As a norwegian i would prolly have flown spitfires. I think the spit is lame so i would prolly have shot down my squaddies and ditched then torched my own plane. They would be upset about that i guess.
either that or you get brain washed by Germany and be a grunt either way it all pans out you shoot squadies and ditch you shoot friendy grunts and meet Mr.Diesel SMOKE in the chamber lol but yeah I dont think you guys had Spits then because the Spitfire was Britans prize and they loved all planes only a few americans got to fly the SPITs during war time. Well thats from what I read... And also I think your other choice would have to be some russian made plane or p-40's we had a butt load of them..
Also can any one tell me what the III mark is for on the p51 I thought it was the (I dont know if im spelling this right but) Third Riche?? or JR lufftewaffe Pilots. I dont really know fill me in
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Originally posted by breg
Also can any one tell me what the III mark is for on the p51 I thought it was the (I dont know if im spelling this right but) Third Riche?? or JR lufftewaffe Pilots. I dont really know fill me in
Kill of an Italian plane.
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ohhh yeah now I remeber because thats the main mark on a Fait G.55
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Originally posted by breg
I dont think you guys had Spits then because the Spitfire was Britans prize and they loved all planes only a few americans got to fly the SPITs during war time. Well thats from what I read... And also I think your other choice would have to be some russian made plane or p-40's we had a butt load of them..
Agh???
Someone needs to brush up on their RAF History. :rolleyes: Just for starters, Polish pilots flew Spits during BoB. Norwegian squadrons in the RAF that flew Spits were 331, 332, 335 and 336.
Czech, Dutch, Free French, Belgium, Canada, Aussie and NZ had Spit squadrons.
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Ohhh wow thats new I only read a little bit but I didnt know they flew in the battle of britan damn I need to brush up damn.... lol
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Well breg your in the right place, a lot of us here are history buffs or atleast partially :)
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I should add that the Soviets received some 1000 or so Spitfires Vs and IXs. Spit Vs fought the Germans during the battles of the Kuban.
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Originally posted by breg
Ohhh wow thats new I only read a little bit but I didnt know they flew in the battle of britan damn I need to brush up damn.... lol
Jeez breg, we were so desperate for pilots in the BoB we even let a few Yanks fly some Spits (as long as they removed their chewing gum first) ;)
Regards,