Recent content by patriot66

I would say it is definitely a B-29 from the photo of the main landing gear bogey. As far as I can remember it was the only bomber with twin bogeys (i.e 4 wheels) on each of the 2 main landing gear oleos. You can clearly see that there are 4 wheels on the photo. It would be interesting to know...

I was born in Linkoping, Sweden where the SAAB factory is located. My father was the resident Professional at Linkoping Golf Club from 1965 to 1972. Many of the pilots from the SAAB plant and nearby Flygvapnet bases used to take golf lessons from my father and so consequently we used to get...

Check out these photos of the P-47 Razorback being restored by The Fighter Collection at Duxford and tell me you would not rather fly one in battle than a skinny little Fw-190 !

I would like to fly a P-47 'Jug' (my fave !) in the ground attack/targets of opportunity role in The Battle of the Bulge theatre. Watch the videos of German locomotives, airfields armoured convoys being shot up on You Tube...awesome ! Such a pivotal moment in WWII - the Nazi's just about to...