Great photos on that link.

Just goes to show which metals will corrode in that type of water and those that survive quite well.

Save for those who have experienced war, I do not think we have the faintest idea of what it was really like.

What I will remind you of is that there are a great many here who have and will have experienced war first hand and that post first hand opinions.

Others have never experienced anything except COD or some other rubbish on their Play station who post their view of war while slightly warped with computer generated scenes and television images of war their view is as important as the next man.

And others like myself who have never experienced war but who have cleared defined views on war and what is important and what is not.

I feel this thread has given a really good discussion for once with some really well thought out opinions. I have to say I agree with a lot of what is being said for once and on both sides of the opinion too.

Interesting very interesting.

To consider it sport, however ‘light hearted’ the comment was meant to be, does a great disservice to all those who have experienced war at such close quarters.

Kev,

We are all different and see things in so many different ways. We barely ever agree on any subject especially when it comes humanitarian issues shall we say.

I am not going to kid myself that I could ever begin to explain to you or anyone else for that matter my sense of humor and how I see things.

What ever our views different or same I know there is a mutual understanding and respect.

We rarely see eye to eye really though do we?

Paul178,

Do you remember the conversation we had about the Para’s.

My corporal was in 2 Para and the guy in the article in the mail probably knew him and shared the same battles as he did. Do you believe me now with what I was saying at the time.

Here is a small clip from that report just to let you see.

“As the argument went on, the boy crumpled to his knees. Finally, somebody threw a tarpaulin over him, shot him, and finished him off with a bayonet. That was it. We moved on.”

This happened a lot more than people in Britain want to believe.

I have no gripe with you either Paul I just remembered the thread on which you questioned my stories authenticity shall we say.

Back to the German. I believe that he probably thought that he was doing the right thing. War is war and a baling out crew is still an attacker until imprisoned I guess so really going by that ethic he was only doing his job. As for the Mustang pilot he did a double good job. Once for destroying an enemy aircraft and twice for being able to come round and shoot the other pilot from out of under his ropes. I have no problems really with either side of this. I see it simply as war. The rights and wrongs of war are for human kind to decide on and learn from so that we may never make the same mistakes again.

But always there is one nation who gets big ideas. Heed my warning I dont know where or how but WWIII is coming. Hopefully never in my lifetime for I have seen enough of war and dying in general.

Any chances you have the rest of the projector lying around in storage somewhere??

Looks like a nice piece with a little resto.

Only thing I can say is…………

Good for you old chap.

Lovely bit of sport.

If you look at this page http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?&product_type_id=2677&scale_id=955&manufacturer_id=8274 It should give you a fair idea of what is available. The other thing is just to make sure your spit had this kind and colour of code and then your laughing. You should be able to make it up from whats available. If not there are other ways to do it.

Ie getting someone with a waterslide decal printing expertise to make the actual set for you or getting some film and cut a mask out to paint the codes and serial on.

Hi guys,

If these parts are from an Edinburgh area wreck and from an edinburgh ATC squadron then there is only 1 B17 wreck that I know of in this area.

Is this part possibly from a Liberator?

I know of a wreck near Edinburgh.

Also the pod. Could this be linked to any other aircraft such as a Javelin etc?

I know of a wreck nearby if that is the case.