Recent content by HammerDown

Hey, I'm looking for a picture of my great grandfather's crew. Here's a few things that should help you find him.... Frank Wentz 8th 482nd Bomber Group B-17 Flying Fortress The name of his plane was Lassie Come Home or Come Home Lassie... Something like that...I don't know...I think...

Hey, which IL-2 should I get...I don't have any money and my friend has IL-2 Sturmovick....so I can get that for free....while I'll have to buy Forgotten Battles....what's the difference..which one is better?

SURE!!! I was going to ask if you could, but I decided to just put them here....go ahead!!! :lol:

There was no USAAF in WWII, it was the Army Air Corps... :lol: P.S. P-47 is my favorite tank buster....

My great grandfather was a navigator/bombadier in B-17's and was qualified for B-24's as well. His B-17 was called "Lassie Come Home". One of the pilot's names was Lasser or something, so that's how the name came about. He continued on and became a Colonel in the Air Force, so he's going to send...

But, then again, today we can refuel while in the air, so technically, we can fly from Cali to Japan without landing...

:shock: Woo, Woo!!!! That reminds me! I just got back from the Smokey Mountains, they've got a Warbirds museum that I went to....and they have Doolittle's medal of honor!!!! I took pictures!! I'll scan them!!!! I'll host them!!!! I'll post them!!!!! Weeeee!!!!! Also got plenty of other pictures...

Yeah, the Fins really rocked the Russian air force... I read a very intresting article about it in the April 2004 edition of World War II magazine. It basically states that the Fins had crappy planes but still overcame most of the Russian pilots. It told stories of how it was so cold...