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bob48

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Reply #1275 on: January 13, 2023, 04:38:46 PM

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

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Reply #1276 on: January 13, 2023, 10:17:32 PM
I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I never realized how close in size the Mossie and P-38 are.

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Reply #1277 on: January 14, 2023, 07:24:53 AM
Yes, good point.

I've had the pleasure of seeing (and hearing!) a Mossie in flight, but not, unfortunately, a P-38.

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Reply #1278 on: January 14, 2023, 01:58:47 PM
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/MosquitoJailbreak.html

Mossies were successful in the Amiens jailbreak.

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Reply #1279 on: January 16, 2023, 10:58:16 AM


I thought this was interesting.

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Reply #1280 on: January 24, 2023, 06:23:23 PM

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besilarius

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Reply #1281 on: February 10, 2023, 01:25:20 PM

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.

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Reply #1282 on: February 10, 2023, 10:04:52 PM
^ Cinema Vérité

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