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fastmongrel
1st Sergeant
Its been a long day.
fubar57
General
After Clark Gables wife, actress Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash, a devastated Gable tried to join the Military. President Roosevelt said he was too valuable at home, where he could use his talents in films for the war effort. Gable however, got his way and enrolled in Officer Candidate School at the age of 41. After graduation, Gen. "Hap" Arnold ordered Gable to star in a film about aerial gunners and he attended several gunnery schools before reporting overseas to the 351st BG. The movie would have special emphasis placed on aerial gunners. Based at Polebrook, he flew 5 combat missions with the 351st and is seen here with B-17F, "Delta Rebel No.2"
The movie that was made
View: https://youtu.be/7SJQYG_GskY
Geo
The movie that was made
View: https://youtu.be/7SJQYG_GskY
Geo
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fubar57
General
Added the movie to the post.
Geo
Geo
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Fallschirmjager troops jumping over Crete, 1941
Must admit i never did like the look of the German parachute harness, attached in the middle of your back to the risers, the bloke almost seems like an after thought !
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
I agree. I remember seeing the films they showed at 1 PTS, and thought "Sod that for a game of soldiers" when i saw the German WW2 Paras !
johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
Here is the crew of the super Sub I-400 site says I can not post it in photo album because I am max out.
Crew known Kazuo Nishijma
Kazuyoshi Saito
Cdr Toshio Kusaka
Hidetoshi namura
Sutejiro Shimazu
Yasujiro Okano
Tamao Tanka
Tadaaki Shibakawa
Takumi Fujii
Masao Ishida
Takao kishi
Akira Inoue
Hideo Nishimura
Crew known Kazuo Nishijma
Kazuyoshi Saito
Cdr Toshio Kusaka
Hidetoshi namura
Sutejiro Shimazu
Yasujiro Okano
Tamao Tanka
Tadaaki Shibakawa
Takumi Fujii
Masao Ishida
Takao kishi
Akira Inoue
Hideo Nishimura
fubar57
General
News to me, didn't know about catapult trials for the Re.2000...
Geo
Geo
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Tomo, this one is a little better:Thank you for the 'stabilised' video of the duel
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGgXOXANZ14
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
The one GrauGeist posted is the one I was looking for, don't know how I missed it, thanks.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
They're both informative videos about that famous duel, but it seems the first (shorter) video was made from excerpts of the second video (the one I posted).
Either way, it's a stark reminder of how brutal armored warfare is.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
And unforgiving.
Wow they really analyzed that duel. Excellent work. Sad the human cost though.
Agreed Jim...
fubar57
General
Tauchpanzer, meaning "Diving Tank". Designed for "Operation Sea Lion", it was meant to be dropped offshore and travel on the seabed to the beach. They were Panzer IIIs, totally waterproofed. They had an endurance of 20 mins. and could travel to a depth of 50'(15 meters), the length of the air hose. Though never used to invade England, they were used for their intended role in the Russian invasion, crossing the Bug River. They were then used as normal tanks. More than 150 were built.
Geo
