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Offline Stegahorse

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« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2003, 05:01:21 PM »
Main Entry: dog·fight
Pronunciation: 'dog-"fIt
Function: noun
Date: 1656
1 : a fight between dogs; broadly : a fiercely disputed contest
2 : a fight between two or more fighter planes usually at close quarters
- dogfight intransitive verb


Yes, there were kills by allied pilots in the Pacific after April 1945, But where they DOGFIGHTS?

Given the above definition, shooting down a kamakazee pilot does not constitute a dogfight. Kamakazee did not try to shoot down fighters as went straight to their target.

I am trying to find the record of the Cub win, I imagine that it will be in the Artillery section of the Army. I sounds to me though that the Storch may have returned fire at the least.

Thus constituting the last dogfight of WWII.

:D :D
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« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2003, 05:25:15 PM »
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At least it explains why the US had soooo many ships in total.


USS Dannon .... yogurt tender.

USS Lollypop .... hard candy escort.

USS Snackpack .... fast pudding frigate.
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« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2003, 05:27:24 PM »
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Thus constituting the last dogfight of WWII.

:D :D


If the European theater of war hadn't ended before the Pacific one, you'd probably be right. ;)
« Last Edit: June 26, 2003, 06:14:45 PM by Arlo »
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Offline Stegahorse

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« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2003, 05:47:05 PM »
This much I've found on 5th Armored Division(Not artillery:rolleyes: )

The Division reached the banks of the Elbe at Tangermunde, 12 April-45 miles from Berlin. On 16 April, the 5th moved to Klotze to wipe out the Von Clausewitz Panzer Division and again drove to the Elbe, this time in the vicinity of Dannenberg. The Division mopped up in the 9th Army sector until VE-day.


BTW keyword DOGFIGHT
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« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2003, 05:53:47 PM »
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BTW keyword DOGFIGHT


BTW keyword WWII. *chuckle* ;)
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« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2003, 06:47:52 PM »
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USS Snackpack .... fast pudding frigate.



LMAO!!! :D
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« Reply #21 on: June 27, 2003, 02:46:56 PM »
I heard when some ships would pick up guys that fell into the ocean and hand them back to the origonail ship the guy came from the ship would get more icecream with returning a guy hehe. Think I seen this discovery
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« Reply #22 on: June 27, 2003, 05:10:54 PM »
Ice cream exchange for returning a downed pilot to a flat top ... yes.
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« Reply #23 on: June 27, 2003, 05:30:14 PM »
some facts very wrong Russian woman had many aces some with 20 or more kills
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« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2003, 06:19:15 PM »
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Main Entry: dog·fight
Pronunciation: 'dog-"fIt
Function: noun
Date: 1656
1 : a fight between dogs; broadly : a fiercely disputed contest
2 : a fight between two or more fighter planes usually at close quarters
- dogfight intransitive verb


Yes, there were kills by allied pilots in the Pacific after April 1945, But where they DOGFIGHTS?

Given the above definition, shooting down a kamakazee pilot does not constitute a dogfight. Kamakazee did not try to shoot down fighters as went straight to their target.

I am trying to find the record of the Cub win, I imagine that it will be in the Artillery section of the Army. I sounds to me though that the Storch may have returned fire at the least.

Thus constituting the last dogfight of WWII.

:D :D


Do ya reckon all those F6F, P51 etc drivers over the Japanese Home Islands only ran into kamikazes?  I think not, betya a years pay at least SOME of them put up one hell of a fight.
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« Reply #25 on: June 28, 2003, 01:43:06 PM »
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some facts very wrong Russian woman had many aces some with 20 or more kills


Women can sustain higher Gs than men. They're overmodeled.
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« Reply #26 on: June 29, 2003, 10:06:37 PM »
But it's darn hard to apply make-up and shoot at the same time, just ask one of the FDB's...  ;)
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« Reply #27 on: June 29, 2003, 10:28:16 PM »
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But it's darn hard to apply make-up and shoot at the same time, just ask one of the FDB's...  ;)

No it's not.
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