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Missed those, so thanks. Also saw another report in that section covering a different piece of ordnance I'm writing about, so this was a win-win.

Hi 33 Brilliant! This library is a treasure trove and although I haven't had time to go through most of the contents, I'm confident my main questions will be answered here. The "Fillers" section looks particularly useful once I've ID'ed the component parts of the main German explosives...

Thanks. What I primarily need are the types (specific names) of explosive and propellant powders the Germans used, some of which are not analogous to American/British powders. Once the types are identified I should be able to look up the constituent parts, which is the list I'm really after...

Writing a paper on the sources and shortages of critical Axis (primarily German) explosives and propellant manufacturing and supplies, by which I mean primarily aircraft bombs, artillery and small arms shells, mines, etc. Can anyone point me towards authoritative sources that describe or list...

Is Ian still with us? Was going through a folder tonight of camouflage articles I haven't opened in at least 25 years (it was misplaced) that contains dozens of Ian's articles on aircraft camo from pre-WW I through the '80s. I'm pretty sure the articles were published in Scale Aircraft...

Sorry about the delay; put the mission list someplace "special" where I would be sure to find it again...which I have, and it only took me a week to find it again!

Great info from all; still hoping to find definition of what constituted a double-credit mission.

Hi Ewen Perfect! I thought I had all of Roger's books (RIP, great man!), but not this one. I'll have to pick it up. Now that you've given me titles of specific reports, I may be able find them at Maxwell or NARA. Really appreciate your help. Did Roger mention anything about "double sortie...

I'm confused about USAAF European/Mediterranean sortie credit rules and what was required for flyers to complete their combat tours. I've looked on this site and on the web in general but found no conclusive information. In 8th AF, it appears 25 combat missions (25 credited sorties) was...

Helping a friend who's working on cataloging the standard number of aircraft assigned to all types of squadron/groups from 1940-1945. Any ideas where this info can be found? We've looked on "the net," but pretty much everything found so far is essentially anecdotal and not official. His...

Hi Thomas Thanks. I eventually got a good, or at least better, quality photo from the widow of one of the HH crew. It's certainly a cartoon character, although I've never seen a "gremlin" pictured like that--but if Roy called it a gremlin, it's pretty safe to assume the rest of the crew also...

Hey S Super info. Many thanks for following up on my post from four years ago. Still very helpful!

Hi Jo Best of luck with your Dad's biography. Please let us know when it's published.

Hey Daniel I haven't checked this thread for quite a while so am tardy in responding. Thanks for your very valuable information. My initial info request was actually quite simple: I wanted to provide scale modelers with a simple visual guide to differentiating in photos between the 6353A18...

Good point. I'm a couple of hours from DC and will check with them when they reopen. I'll let you know if I find anything on the Curtiss blades (the original B-24 & LB-30s also used Curtis "needle" blades, but that's outside my area of concentration). What, specifically, are you looking for...