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I’m 25, living in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

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28, Serbian, born in bosnia, lived all over yugoslavia, now Australian Citizen

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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 30-10-02 AT 04:45 PM (GMT)]Great story Dakota, boys will be boys eh?? what would you have done with the machine gun had you got away with it??

I remember listening to my Dad and Grandad telling me their wartime stories when I was a kid, they could keep me quiet for ages with their anecdotes of their experiences in the navy and home guard respectively, not all happy ones either.

sober at last

Dave

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:'(

Hi again Dave
When I was a young”old Fart” I enjoyed life dispite it being WW11.
We used to visit aircraft crashes which were very numerous in my
area at this time.
One story which stands out is that after looking at a crashed B17
near Irthlinbgborough in Northamptonshire my brother and I (now
another old fart) used to collect items found nearby.
On this occasion we found a 50 calibre machine gun and a belt of
ammunition in an adjacent field nearby and as we were proudly
walking off with our “items” we both felt two heavy hands on our
shoulders from behind and alas it was two Airforce Policemen, we
were very frightened as they had large baseball bats, white helmets
and gaiters and looked quite fierce. However, they merely said
“now then lads you don’t really need these items” to which we
sheepishly replied “Not really”. They put us and the “amoury”
into their Jeep and took us a great speed across the field (we
enjoyed this) and were made to put the “items” into the back of a
large truck with lots of other stuff “Well done” lads they said
giving us a large packet of GUM and seeing us off the site with a
definate – do not come back. We had a good supply of 50 calibre
ammunition in those days as we used to bang the sharp end on a
rock to loosen the bullet and empty the cordite which made very
good rockets.
We also found a Nissen Hut near the Chelveston Airfield which
contained veri-light cartridges. These made superb rockets
until we sent one over a very important persons front garden,
who threatened us with the police but then relented PHEW!!!
Later during the war I joined the local ATC (being a tall lad and
looking older than I actually was ) we used to get flight
experience rides in B17’s from several local airfields and often
then entertained to lunch (this was out of this world as we were
on wartime rations at home)
We also had similar flights at the local RAF Flying Training School
at Sywell near Northampton and flew in such aircraft as Wellingtons
Airspeed Oxfords, Dominie’s and of course the old Avro Anson’s
(being healthy young old farts at this time we were always ask to
wind up the undercarriage and to lower it when landing – we had to
work for a living on this aircraft.
This is just a few stories from an old fart but if you would like
some more I think I might just be able to dig up a few with my
old fart brother.

dakota

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Yeah come on Dakota tell us some war stories, or a least some stories of the fifties(Comets, DC3s, DC4s, etc etc)

sober at last

Dave

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> I am the big “72” and originate from Northamptonshire
> (heart of the 8th USAF area WW11)

Any special memories of that area when you were a teenager? Or of the air war over the UK as a whole? Just curious.

Regards,Glenn.

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39, and still as potty about vintage aircraft as I was when I was 10 (OHB, Neil Williams flying MH434, Shoreham Airshow 1973, Ambassador at Lasham etc.)

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Good on ya! keep it up

sober at last

Dave

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:'( Hi Dave – yes I must be one of the oldest “FARTZ” and I have
passed more wind than a good many other “Fartz”

But I am still going!!!!!!!!

dakota

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My God!! Is this thread still going?? I’m sure I was a young man when it started!

Hiya Dakota, you must be the oldest fart here now, you’ve certainly pushed us 50 somethings down the list.

sober at last

Dave

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I am the big “72” and originate from Northamptonshire
(heart of the 8th USAF area WW11)

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This is my first post since… I can´t remember, too much time. I´ve been having problems with the internet during summer but now I´m back in my college in Madrid so I´ve a good connection again.
Anyway, I guess this tread is good for introducing myself to the new members.

I´m 21 and I´m from Spain, althought my home town is Cacabelos (5000 people) in northern Spain, nowadays I´m living in Madrid, where I´m studying aeronautical engineering (fourth course).

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38 australian
living in Dubai and Perth Australia
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I was feeling quite old until I read wombat and kev’s messages.

must confess I am an old PH**T

I’m 41, but stll prone to boughts of sillyness!

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Welcome back Glenn!

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Nice to have an American onboard AW 😉

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I’m 16, and I’m from Miami, Fl.

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hi ya (again }>)

nice to have ya back

rabie :9

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Nice to see you back Glenn 🙂

Back again..

Well consider me BACK guys; I have had a break and have decided to throw myself into the forum world again. I won’t here as often as I was before, still have things to do elsewhere – offline, but hey I think we all do.

Miss me? Yeah right sure you did!! Anyway, as for age; I am 33.

Regards, Glenn.

(p.s. for all the newbies that have joined since I left last time – Hello!!)