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Offline LLogann

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2010, 11:39:11 AM »
 :rofl  Plywood Petunia has a nice ring to it.......   :rofl

Would you prefer....

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2010, 12:02:23 PM »
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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2010, 12:14:52 PM »
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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2010, 12:17:17 PM »
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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2010, 12:44:11 PM »
"It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito.  I turn green and yellow with envy."  -- Hermann Göring, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe.

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2010, 12:55:28 PM »
Wing Commander John Wooldridge, in his book "Low Attack":

"It would be impossible to forget … the sensation of looking back over enemy territory and seeing your formation behind you, wing-tip to wing-tip, their racing shadows moving only a few feet below them across the earth's surface; or that feeling of sudden exhilaration when the target was definitely located and the whole pack were following you on to it with their bomb doors open, while people below scattered in every direction and the long streams of flak came swinging up; or the sudden jerk of consternation of the German soldiers lounging on the coast, their moment of indecision, and then their mad scramble for the guns; or the memory of racing across The Hague at midday on a bright spring morning, while the Dutchmen below hurled their hats in the air and beat each other on the back. All these are unforgettable memories. Many of them will be recalled also by the peoples of Europe long after peace has been declared, for to them the Mosquito came to be ambassador during their darkest hours."

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2010, 12:58:34 PM »
"One particular Mosquito is noteworthy because it completed more combat missions than any other Allied aircraft. . . . A total of 213 missions . . ."
-- Smithsonian Air and Space Museum ( http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19640023000 )

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2010, 01:47:01 PM »
You should give them the background sir............... 

Wing Commander John Wooldridge, in his book "Low Attack":

"It would be impossible to forget … the sensation of looking back over enemy territory and seeing your formation behind you, wing-tip to wing-tip, their racing shadows moving only a few feet below them across the earth's surface; or that feeling of sudden exhilaration when the target was definitely located and the whole pack were following you on to it with their bomb doors open, while people below scattered in every direction and the long streams of flak came swinging up; or the sudden jerk of consternation of the German soldiers lounging on the coast, their moment of indecision, and then their mad scramble for the guns; or the memory of racing across The Hague at midday on a bright spring morning, while the Dutchmen below hurled their hats in the air and beat each other on the back. All these are unforgettable memories. Many of them will be recalled also by the peoples of Europe long after peace has been declared, for to them the Mosquito came to be ambassador during their darkest hours."


Unlike Allied heavy and medium bomber crews, Mosquito men routinely operated in daylight at extremely low altitudes. They used this tactic to minimize exposure to anti-aircraft defenses and to insure precise accuracy during bombing and strafing attacks. For their trouble, they experienced a sweeping, personal view of the war in Europe that was not available to any other group of combatants.
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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #23 on: February 02, 2010, 02:17:48 PM »
"One particular Mosquito is noteworthy because it completed more combat missions than any other Allied aircraft. . . . A total of 213 missions . . ."
-- Smithsonian Air and Space Museum ( http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19640023000 )

That would be B IX LR503 'F for Freddie'.

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Pic of her the day before, she clipped the poles on the top of the tower ripping off the port wing :( .




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1) Highest ever night time photograph.
2) First twin engine plane to land on a carrier.
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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #24 on: February 02, 2010, 02:58:22 PM »
I like this one. Can I use it?

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #25 on: February 02, 2010, 03:56:53 PM »
So very sexy she is..  :aok



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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #26 on: February 02, 2010, 04:29:02 PM »


opted for the plane with crazy bent wings

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2010, 04:35:56 PM »
That's a funny looking Seafire...........  :lol
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opted for the plane with crazy bent wings
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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #28 on: February 02, 2010, 04:41:27 PM »
I once met James "Lou" Luma at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.  He was an American who joined the RCAF (as he was too young to join the USAAF, and it was before the US entered the war).  He got 5 aerial victories in the Mosquito, also did intruder missions into enemy-occupied France (going after enemy aircraft in the air and targets on the ground), and did low-level missions at night going after trains.  He loved the Mosquito.

Lou Luma, Mosquito ace, (on right) examining some flak damage to his plane:


Lou Luma (second from right) in front of his Mosquito, named "Moonbeam McSwine" (character from a comic strip):


From http://www.acesofww2.com/Canada/aces/luma.htm

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Re: You "say" you love the Mosquito, but . . .
« Reply #29 on: February 02, 2010, 04:44:08 PM »
Guilty as charged. I haven't played AH for months, can't login to scenarios page. Will have to check out the time, see if I can play without my 8-year-old becoming aware (I've told her she can't have computer games...)
... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB