Crimea_River
Marshal
Just got back from a full body workout class and I didn't die.
What Cheered You Up Today?
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Even more importantly, after that workout, you are happy you didn't.
Viking1066
Chief Master Sergeant
Amen to that lolClint Eastwood said it best:
"A man's got to know his limitations"
Especially when it comes to running afoul of the higher authority...err...I mean the wife
The simple pleasures of a warm sunny day…
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Enjoying that right now, my friend.
Jagdflieger
Senior Airman
- 580
- Mar 23, 2022
Just noticed that there are actually three ice-cream cups instead of one in my fridge.- since my daughter missed out on her chance.
Regards
Jagdflieger
Regards
Jagdflieger
Visit my Granddaughter for Easter....
T Bolt
Colonel
Got quite a bit done on the retaining wall I've been working on.
N4521U
Colonel
Can't post that without photos!
Snautzer01
Honourably banned
- 43,386
- Mar 26, 2007
Annual leave again 
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
One day closer to the weekend.
at6
1st Sergeant
Another day of still living whilst not being banned from the family{forum}.
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special ed
2nd Lieutenant
- 5,716
- May 13, 2018
I may have found the solution for the robo calls on my land line. I had been answering with anything but hello, as that triggered the human response at their end. I have now been answering "hello" and when the person comes on the line, I say, "This is immigration. We have been looking for you." It has been just over 2 weeks now and calls have dropped to one per day and no more than three one day. I suspect my number has been deleted from the lists.
PlasticHero
Senior Airman
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Enjoy.
buffnut453
Captain
Been doing some research into a relative who was a pilot at the end of the Great War. I've accessed his logbook which, thankfully, his kids donated to the RAF Museum, and it's pretty mundane stuff. He joined his squadron on 7 Sep 1918, flew a few "gopher" and training flights before making his first operational sortie on 24 Sep. His logbook is mostly bland entries like "Reconnaissance of such-and-such a place" or "Offensive Patrol." I found a file of combat reports for his squadron and he isn't mentioned...not a single engagement with the German Army Air Service. It seemed his operational career was pretty boring apart from an engine failure that caused him to crash on the front trench of the Hindenburg Line on 14 Oct 1918 which, thankfully by then, was in Allied hands.
Well...a few days ago, I decided to go back to the combat reports and see if they might shed some more light on my relative's operational sorties. The earliest I could find dated from 29 Sep 1918 and related to a task to escort a squadron of DH4 bombers. The crew that made the report engaged 7 Fokker D.VIIs, shooting down 2 of them. However, the key detail was that they were part of a 12-ship formation from my relative's squadron.
I also purchased "The Sky Their Battlefield" which records all known Allied (British, French and American) air losses during the entire Great War (it's an incredible book). An aircraft of my relative's squadron was recorded as shot down just 5 mins after the time of the combat report noted above. The apparent victor was a Fokker D.VII piloted by Josef Mai...it was his 30th and final aerial victory.
My relative's logbook tallies with the times of these engagements so it seems almost certain that he was part of that formation. That means he was engaged in, or at least dangerously close to, air combat with one of Germany's top aces. Even better, I found a couple of pictures online showing Josef Mai and his, apparently, well-known zebra-striped Fokker D.VII:
I love it when family history research turns up previously unknown details, and particularly when it helps build a new mental image of what was happening at the time.
Well...a few days ago, I decided to go back to the combat reports and see if they might shed some more light on my relative's operational sorties. The earliest I could find dated from 29 Sep 1918 and related to a task to escort a squadron of DH4 bombers. The crew that made the report engaged 7 Fokker D.VIIs, shooting down 2 of them. However, the key detail was that they were part of a 12-ship formation from my relative's squadron.
I also purchased "The Sky Their Battlefield" which records all known Allied (British, French and American) air losses during the entire Great War (it's an incredible book). An aircraft of my relative's squadron was recorded as shot down just 5 mins after the time of the combat report noted above. The apparent victor was a Fokker D.VII piloted by Josef Mai...it was his 30th and final aerial victory.
My relative's logbook tallies with the times of these engagements so it seems almost certain that he was part of that formation. That means he was engaged in, or at least dangerously close to, air combat with one of Germany's top aces. Even better, I found a couple of pictures online showing Josef Mai and his, apparently, well-known zebra-striped Fokker D.VII:
I love it when family history research turns up previously unknown details, and particularly when it helps build a new mental image of what was happening at the time.
