Recent content by skipperbob

Thanks, I have never heard of the B-24L.

Nice pic of a P-47 on the ground - England or Europe?

Fantastic stuff, never have seen most of these! No wonder so many young boys wanted to fly! I would have enjoyed reading the story of how this came about....

Johnny Johnson in his book "Wing Leader" describes doing this several times for his squadron once they had moved to Normandy.

I ran across this pic that I have never seen before. The caption says "Firing at Nazi planes 1942" Don't think B-17 or B-24. Medium bomber? B18? Small windows to left of gunner? It is obviously a very early style gun station but on what aircraft? I almost think this is a pic taken during...

What a treasure! Makes you wonder how many pics are out there buried in an attic or lost somewhere?

I find it a little ironic about the change in strategy by 8th AF. Dedicated to the destruction of German industry by bombing with 8th Fighter Command's main purpose being to protect the bombers, in early 1944 the mission was changed to destroy the LW in the air and on the ground, effectively...

I would strongly reccomend another book he wrote in the early sixties I believe called Strong Men Armed. It is a narrative history of every Marine assault in the Pacific against the Japanese in WW II. Obviously because of his own experiences he really gives you a good idea of the brutality of...

Very nice! Thanks for posting.

Sorry, I put this last post in wrong place. Reposted as new thread!

Stumbled upon these while searching through various old photo sites. Nothing earth shattering about them except I thought they did a nice job colorizing and they were interesting. Sorry if any are reposts.

Stumbled upom these as I was looking through various old photo sites. Nothing earth shattering about them except I though they did a nice colorizing job on the pics and that they were interesting. Sorry if any are a repost.

Just a quick note, in Paths of Glory, Wayne Morris wasn't shot - he played a French officer who was a coward and picked a man who had witnessed his cowardice to be one of those shot. The Col.(Kirk Douglas) realized it and put him in charge of the execution. Paths of Glory is certainly one of the...

In this part of the US I have just started watching his show and what fun it is! The first one I saw was the racetrack that they built over several miles including a major road and a river! Too bad American television is so boring compared to what you find on BBC America!

Was watching James May's show about toys on BBC America tonight and he built a full scale Airfix model of a Spitfire. Hope this isn't a repeat post - I made a quick search and didn't see anything about it. I just thought it was pure fun - he had school children help him and they did much of the...