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    August bank holiday weekend Halesworth museum

    Nigel is a cracking modeller, and the model of my fathers M which is at Halesworth is spot on
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    August bank holiday weekend Halesworth museum

    I am great friends with Nigel and we will be there at Halesworth together ( so to speak!). He modelled my fathers mk M thunderbolt which is on display with my fathers memorabilia at the museum.
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    Crucial points of the Battle of Britain?

    It does make you wonder! When I read Peter Delabiliers book he mentioned in there that he had to submit his cv for the post and he was up against an Air Marshal and a rear admiral.....all for a position commanding ground troops. How the frak do they work that one into the equation!
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    Crucial points of the Battle of Britain?

    Well now, I must say there are some great comments and use of factual information to get across the strategic situation in 1940 up to and including the BoB. Great stuff well done all. I would like to add a few short comments, firstly well done 'Parsifal' for pointing out the losses sustained by...
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    August bank holiday weekend Halesworth museum

    Hi to all in UK and any visitors during August As stated above, Halesworth 56th Fighter Group museum has it's yearly grand opening weekend for the August bank holiday on the 24th 25th. I will be there for those days as I hope to have copies of my fathers memoirs available to buy as it will be...
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    `Out in Front' A Polish fighter pilots story Witold Lanowski's story

    Folks, the publication date is finally here. The book will be available from the 1st August 2014. It is the gripping story (even if I say so myself) of the exploits of one of the famous Polish fighter pilots who flew in 4 air forces throughout his career culminating in THE most famous 8th AF...
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    Website for Witold `Lanny' Lanowski

    Hi all, been a while since I was on the site!! need to do a bit of catching up. anyway, to let you know that I have created a website for my father at Witold `Lanny' Lanowski it is an ongoing venture but in the light of publishing his book next year, I thought it was a good idea to create a...
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    TOP GUN radio controlled flying competition

    Guys, just to let you all know, there is a modeller in the US called Tom Bukaty who has lovingly reproduced the P-47M as flown by Witold 'Lanny' Lanowski (my father) which will be flown on Wednesday 1st May in the competiton. This flying replica has a 105" wingspan which to me is HUGE...!!, you...
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    USAAF Victory Credits List

    Wow, looking forward to that document matey, well worth a read I would definitely like a copy of that and so would a few 56th FG experts I know. If you still have problems, PM me and I will give you my email address to send the doc directly to me. and I also had the same problem to start with...
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    Bomber escort logistics?

    When the 56th moved to Boxted in 1944 from Halesworth and were subsequently given drop tanks, the range of the thunderbolt greatly increased giving them deeper range into Germany. Attached is a paper cutting from February 1945 when the 61st were over Berlin!!!
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    Your installs

    Okay you buddy, douglas Baders, Gabby Gabreski's or Richard Bongs out there...! what installs have you got running at the mo on your machines. To start off I have two concurrent installs running, a 4.11.1 with Modact 4 running the Boelcke campaigns which just look frakin amazing, and a second...
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    Battle over Europe add on

    Any of you guys and gals added the above to your installs? if so which installs and how did it run? was it easy to install? I got it the other day from that well know south American named tinternet company for a bargain price and havnt yet installed it as I have probably got about 2 years of...
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    Modact 4

    Guys (and gals!) The Modact 4 add on for the 4.11.1 version is out and about at the SAS forum. I added it to my install and it is easy to install and runs superbly, looks great and has a lot of mods included within it so I recommend anyone running an unmodded 4.11.1 install to get it now. The...
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    Bomber escort logistics?

    Here is a quote directly from my fathers memoirs which is in the process of being turned into a book for publication early next year, it explains the 56th's escort method from may 1944: "the manner of providing the necessary cover for bombers was as follows:- The route of the bombers flight...
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    Obituaries

    Condolences for the loss of two great WW2 pilots in the last few weeks. Firstly, Robert `Shorty' Rankin, 61st F.S. 56th F.G renowned for shooting down 5 enemy planes in one mission on 12th May 1944 Secondly, Urban `Ben' Drew, 375th F.S 361st F.G , whose record was first pilot to down two Me...
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