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Post by robert4368 on Nov 2, 2011 21:14:08 GMT -5
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Post by beana51 on Nov 2, 2011 21:50:07 GMT -5
Just Great! Robert!. Ya .Really capture the feeling of this Great Plane in Formation!!.Thanx Vin!
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Post by Slide on Nov 3, 2011 10:05:47 GMT -5
"Gabelschwanzteufel!!"
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Post by beana51 on Nov 3, 2011 10:18:59 GMT -5
"Gabelschwanzteufel!!"...."FORKED TAILED DEVIL"....in German it sounds even more terrifying!...Thanx slide!
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Post by robert4368 on Nov 3, 2011 18:20:37 GMT -5
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Post by beana51 on Nov 3, 2011 20:09:58 GMT -5
Great stuff Robert..Thanx!..so too in the Pacific...wonder what the Japanese called "Gabelschwanzteufel??".
16 lightnings attack?..HELL for sure!...
On the morning of 18 April, despite urgings by local commanders to cancel the trip for fear of ambush, Yamamoto's two Mitsubishi G4M fast transport aircraft left Rabaul as scheduled for the 315 mi trip. Sixteen Lightnings intercepted the flight over Bougainville and a dogfight ensued between them and the six escorting Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes. First Lieutenant Rex T. Barber engaged the first of the two Japanese transports which turned out to be Yamamoto's plane. He targeted the aircraft with gunfire until it began to spew smoke from its left engine. Barber turned away to attack the other transport as Yamamoto's plane crashed into the jungle.
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Post by beana51 on Nov 4, 2011 9:27:39 GMT -5
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Post by robert4368 on Nov 4, 2011 18:44:21 GMT -5
Great sites Vin.
Yes, Lindbergh was controversial, sometimes disliked by pilots, but he certainly helped them out during the war.
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