Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
I have learned much as well. Jan has gotten me in interested in jets and helicopters, something I never really looked into.
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Some of you have a lot more confidence in the accuracy of the "official records" kept by combatants than I do.
I, myself, on orders, was in on a scheme to falsify records just so our inventory ( munitions) reflected what we actually had.
Me and 2 other enlisted men worked a frantic about 40 hours to make fake documents that would back up the actual inventory of what we had.
I've often wondered who would have been charged if the fraud have been discovered .
Another unit in Germany at about the same time somehow ended up with a Hawk missile and trailer that they had no paperwork for.
Their solution was to bury it, literally .
The secret, didn't stay secret, and a few officers went to Leavenworth stockade for a few years.
This event I was envolved in occured in the early 70's , so I guess I'm safe now.
But to me "official military records" is a contradiction in terms.
It is!Nice picture! Is that her Pith helmet on the Lt Main Tire?
Nice! Would have been even nicer if they had closed the cockpit canopy.Two WAVES clean-up an SNJ-4 trainer at NAS Jacksonville, Florida 1944 USN
They had 3 fort in total.Squadron 69 B-17 '693' 1949 IDAF
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