Subdeacon Joe Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 I just saw four in close formation Friday, then they each peeled off to land. I have had the pleasure to meet and talk with several crewmen of the A-10 squadron here in Fort Wayne. They have stories of the middle east but they ain't talkin much about that right now. Maybe in a few years..... They just played hob over there not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 One of my favorite images: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Youse guys are a bunch of HAWKS, ain't cha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 This Thunderbolt flies over my WWII miniature battlefields raining destruction upon the Nazis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knarley Bob Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 One of my favorite images: My Dad told me "When 'ya lit up the guns, you could feel the plane slow down"..... eight 50's packed a punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 My Dad told me "When 'ya lit up the guns, you could feel the plane slow down"..... eight 50's packed a punch. My former boss's father flew P-47s and had kept some gun camera footage for ages. Evidently he was worried he would get in trouble, but my boss (former prosecutor) checked and had it put onto tape. I watched some of it. In addition to a lot of footage of shooting up rivers, woods and other things, there is a piece where he was shooting at a train and knocked over a couple of box cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 That would be pretty impressive, Doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 The Mustang gets all the Glory but it was the P47's and P38's that beat the Axis in the air. The two top aces in Europe were Gabreski and Johnson, both Thunderbolt drivers. The American Ace of Aces and the number two man in the Pacific Bong and McGuire were Lightening drivers. That's numbers 1-4 of the top scoring americans. Number five was McConnell who flew F6F's Hellcats. Note the lack of Corsairs or Mustangs among the top five American Aces. The Mustang may well have been a better airplane but by the time they arrived air superiority had already been won. Before there was Shock and Awe, there was Lightening and Thunderbolts, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Watched a video last night on the Corsair. Guy was making a case for them not being carrier friendly and that they were relegated to the Marines to use on ground bases. He then made a statement that the Navy's Wildcats and Hellcats were carrier planes but not as agile as the Corsairs. I thought that was pretty much BS, especially with the Hellcats. But what do I know. I am just an old worn out ground pounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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