It’ll never fly.

Insufficient wing area.

Will it be at Legends?? 😀 😀 😀

Hi Andy
I was in the 99th B.G. based in Tunis, N.Africa and Foggia, Italy. 12th A.F.Then 15th A.F.My tour was from July1943 to Feb 1944

Hi Jules
thanks for that.
tell us some more about where you trained, what you saw etc.
That’s of course if you feel comfortable ‘to talk’.

My Dad who’s now in his eighties was with the British forces in North Africa and Italy. He flew into Foggia more than once as a passenger in RAF Dakotas.
After reading your post I rang him and asked him about Foggia and he said did you ever get to Spinezola (might not be spelt quite like that)?
If you did he said thanks as the Yanks always had plenty to eat and the Brits didn’t. So the free breakfasts were always appreciated.
Cheers
Andy

Dave
thanks for that.
I just had a listen and it’s very good.
Cheers
andy

Zilch.

LN
you’re still young, it takes years of careful grooming to get relatives to realise you want all your presents to be aviation related.
Mike J and I are, compared with you ancient.
Better luck next year.
Cheers
Andy 🙂 🙂 😉 😉 🙂 🙂

As a former B17 pilot of WW 2 ,I would try to answer questions any one has

Hi Jules,
Welcome aboard.
It’s a bit quiet around here today, seeing as it’s Christmas day.
I’ll ask a few though.
What unit, what theatre, what bases??

There will be a load more I suspect.
Cheers
Andy

What do you have with your cold Turkey 😀 😀 I like Pickle ‘n’ Chips 😀 Anna 😀 😀 :diablo:

The Shakes and the walls go in and out 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Sometimes the carpet grows like grass too. 😀 😉 😉 😀

Hi all
well what can I say about 2004?
I started the year recovering from a bout of not so good health and realising that it would be a year where I needed to completely change my ways and well it’s now almost finished.–In between I’ve had a truly fantastic year.
This forum and the people on it has done me more good than they’ll ever know (or should know).
Here’s a list
Robbo
Mike J
Melv
Andrew O
Nick (MOTF)
Damien
Anna
Janie
Steve
James and Bev
Neil (Ex of the Guzzi)
Snapper
Mark 12
Met 24 (Martin)
Hairyplane and the Norfolk person who shares his life.
Danohagan and the UKAR boys

Oh, and we mustn’t forget the foreign contingent.
Setter–glad you had a great trip, please come again.
Mark Morris and Denise–keep reporting from Colorado.
Col Rohr and the WIX boys.
Well that covers just about everyone with two obvious exceptions.

They are, Steve ‘Patty’ Patterson who shared his toys with me in October and made a trip to America a once in a lifetime trip.
and last but most, most important.
Mrs AiB, Vanessa, who is long suffering in the name of aviation, ships, books, models and lots of other stuff too and who always surprises me and has done so again recently by enrolling here as Hurricane Bird.

Thank you all.
And although this will once again open the floodgates of p*sstaking from a number of you I’m posting these one last time, as I love them.
Midland, Texas, Oct 1st, sometime after lunch.
Cheers
Andy
PS Sorry if I forgot anyone.