[jacknhoo]

This is from an email that was sent out at work during this COVID lockdown, as we're all working from home.

Just something to break up the mundane days. I have no idea who the dentist is writing the comments. The comments were in the email with no credit provided and the comments are not at the web site.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[moovova]

What a complete storyline...excellent history! Thanks!

Did you notice, as the Baron was about to load into the plane...HE saluted his crew and they returned the salute. I don’t know what the protocol was in the Luftwaffe, but in the US military, the enlisted salute the officer and hold the salute until the officer returns it. The Baron saluted his men first...whether he was in a hurry to board or it was out of his respect for them, I don’t know. There was a lot of smiling and easy banter among them, obviously a tight crew.

[Pride in the USA]

ping

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

I wondered if the Fokker triplane had a throttle or not.

I saw a Sopwith Camel at an airshow at Rhinebeck NY years ago. One speed. Just “on”. You could not accelerate or decelerate. Amazing that people were able to fly those things. What a challenge just to come back alive in those old planes without even seeing combat.

Those guys were either brave, or stupid. It has to be one or the other.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

You know you are a bad ass fighter pilot when you fly around in a screamingly bright red aircraft that you WANT your enemy to see you in.

[xp38]

Meet the Fokker

[Magnum44]

Thanks. Bookmark.

[dainbramaged]

Great piece of history - my paternal grandfather (1899-1949) whom I never met spent a few years in the Army Air Corps as a fly-along mechanic in de Havilland 4Bs, with the 6th Pursuit Squadron stationed at Luke Field in Hawaii.
On October 30, 1922 his biplane collided with another aircraft and crashed into Pearl Harbor - the pilot (1st Lt. V.T. Hynes) was killed, and grandpa spent a few months in the hospital.

[SMM48]

ULTRA-RARE footage of the most famous fighter pilot ever

Hell, I was expecting to see a picture of John McCain