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  • September 18, 2009 at 5:47 pm in reply to: General Discussion #308269
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    The Belgians said they had watched them for seven days and nights following 60-year-old Alexander to a fast-food restaurant where he disposed of a paper serviette after eating fried chicken that they retrieved and later matched with ”DNA of Hitler that they keep in a sealed armoured chest

    How can they be sure that it was not the chicken that was related to Uncle Adolf? ….. Oops 😮

    September 18, 2009 at 5:47 pm in reply to: Hitler's 39 living relatives revealed #1895121
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    The Belgians said they had watched them for seven days and nights following 60-year-old Alexander to a fast-food restaurant where he disposed of a paper serviette after eating fried chicken that they retrieved and later matched with ”DNA of Hitler that they keep in a sealed armoured chest

    How can they be sure that it was not the chicken that was related to Uncle Adolf? ….. Oops 😮

    September 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm in reply to: General Discussion #308274
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    Lennon, asked if Starr was the best drummer in the world, jokingly replied, “He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles!”

    😀

    September 18, 2009 at 5:33 pm in reply to: Musicians……. #1895144
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    Lennon, asked if Starr was the best drummer in the world, jokingly replied, “He’s not even the best drummer in The Beatles!”

    😀

    August 23, 2009 at 6:07 pm in reply to: llyushin lL-18 aborted take off #523126
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    Spectacular aborted take off caught on film

    Cabinda, wonderful place ….. can’t wait to be back there next week ….. At least we go in there on Dash-8’s.

    August 10, 2009 at 10:55 pm in reply to: DC-8 at Jo'burg #525171
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    Thanks for the replies, will keep an eye out for it next time.

    August 10, 2009 at 9:25 am in reply to: DC-8 at Jo'burg #525310
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    Could be “my” plane:
    http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(Air-Charter/Douglas-DC-8-62AF/1528387/L/
    I think I remember the owner saying something about plans for Jo’burg.

    That looks very like the one – thanks – what is its story?

    August 9, 2009 at 11:25 pm in reply to: DC-8 at Jo'burg #525323
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    African International?
    UPS?

    No visible ownership markings on it.

    August 5, 2009 at 1:02 pm in reply to: Low flying Buchon #1161380
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    Perhaps I should not ask but just how legal is that? – not so much the low flying but more the photographers being there?

    August 5, 2009 at 10:04 am in reply to: Flying Boat remains found near Plymouth. #1161468
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    Possibly the remains of an airborne lifeboat?

    July 30, 2009 at 4:22 pm in reply to: Swordfish effectiveness #1164488
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    SBD’s would make a good comparison they were faster than the swordfish, very tough and manouverable. I suspect in the the torpedo role they were just as vulnerable.

    The SBD was the Dauntless dive bomber, are you thinking of the TBD Devastator torpedo bomber?

    July 29, 2009 at 6:02 pm in reply to: Why the Meteor? #1165305
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    I would have thought that ‘why the Meteor rather than the P-80’ would be a good question too?

    July 28, 2009 at 7:39 am in reply to: Swordfish effectiveness #1166262
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    Yes …..

    Yes i quite agree,The channel dash-Look what happened
    to Esmond and crews,very brave indeed sad yes.

    Can you imagine any other allied torpedo bomber doing much better in the circumstances, i.e. attacking a major enemy fleet with your fighter escort struggling for its own survival? I don’t think that Beauforts, Beaufighters, Tarpons, Barracudas, Albacores etc would have fared much better.

    Remember this that the Stringbag was never flown much against serious air opposition. If it had been at Midway for example it would have never survived.

    Very few of the torpedo bombers at Midway survived. Torpedo bombing was inherently more dangerous than dive or level bombing.

    It was said that one of the Swordfishes attributes was its slowness, enemy fighters could not keep behind it and gunners frequently tracked ahead of it.
    Was there a British torpedo bomber that sank or damaged more enemy warships?

    July 27, 2009 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Swordfish effectiveness #1166648
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    In the right circumstances, the Swordfish could be very effective; Taranto has been mentioned, they did a fair bit of harm to the Bismarck and Swordfish based on Malta caused substantial losses to supplies for the Afrika Corps. Thier ability to operate from Escort Carriers and MAC ships in marginal weather conditions, carrying a useful load made them a useful anti-submarine aircraft.

    July 25, 2009 at 5:14 pm in reply to: HP Hastings remains on Malta? #1168364
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    I am sure there were some photos of Malta scrapyard contents in one of the magazines in the last few years, sorry cannot remember which one or when.

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