Recent content by filnorm

Thanks, Erich, will try and let the forum members know then. Regards, Filip

Dear all, could you please let me know whether there is statistics of ground kills in MTO available? The point is that authoritative sources (Ken Rust's 15th Air Force Story, for instance) contain only air-to-air kills as far as I can tell... Thanks. Regards, Filip

Please see the statistical digest of the Ninth Air Force by type of ground target: Army Air Forces in World War II Regards, Filip

Please keep in mind the fact that 0.50 cal. bullets can easily penetrate a steam locomotive boiler, in other words in case of strafing rolling stock standard armamanet of fighters would be good enough:-)

Well, there is nothing to translate, I pressume, this describes how the engine was pulled out:-(

Dear all, sorry about the dead link.

Dear all, an entire engine of a Fw 190A has been recently found in the Czech Republic (the location is obviously not known:-). This aircraft may have been shot down in the battle on August 24, 1944. Some pictures (and text in Czech only) available at...

I wanted to post a comment to the article at historynet.com but there must be a bug - nothing was displayed...

What unit this aircraft belong to? What was the target of this day?

This is not true: He was shot down over the airdrome at Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, while he was strafing the enemy A/C on the ground. He died of wounds a day later. Filip

Dear all, I have translated the entire post in the blog on this issue. I would like to let you also know that on October 13, 2007 a memorial desk will be unveiled near the crash site. More photos will be supplied Regards, Filip

Does anyone have any detailed info on strafing missions of B-25Js in PTO (tagets, claims, units etc.)?

Well, if they used a mounted weapon (event though it was this caliber) it could be cosidered starfing (referring to the definition taken from Wikipedia)... Regards, Filip

There was a version of B-25 armed with a cannon so that the efectiveness even increased, isn't it?

Dear all, I came across to the article by MGen. Richard B.H. Lewis (ret.) giving an overview of strafing in the history of warfare. He also wrote: Among World War II strafing aircraft, few if any were more effective than the American B-25 Mitchell bomber. In the Pacific, it was used frequently...