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Polish historians find WWII bomber with remains of Canadian, British crew
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| December 1, 2006
| MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Posted on 12/01/2006 1:34:36 PM PST by lizol
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:34:38 PM PST
by
lizol
To: vox_PL; Grzegorz 246; Lukasz
According to records, the Halifax JP-276A took off on its final flight with a crew of five Canadians and two Britons from the Italian city of Brindisi around 8 p.m. on Aug. 4, 1944. Canadian pilot Capt. A.R. Blynn was leading the mission to drop supplies of weapons and ammunition to the Polish underground as the Warsaw ghetto uprising raged.
Sigh!
Monika Mscislowska looks like a Polish name.
So one could expect, that a Polish journalist will be able to to distinguish beetwen Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943 and Warsaw uprising in 1944.
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:39:02 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: GMMAC
Here's one for your ping list!
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:40:14 PM PST
by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
To: lizol
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: lizol
"These were boys aged 28 or 30.
I would think the ages would be younger than that......
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:47:22 PM PST
by
PeterPrinciple
(Seeking the Truth here Folks.)
To: All
Remains of the bomber
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:47:39 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
Welcome home Men!!!!! Rest in peace.
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:49:09 PM PST
by
VaRepublican
(I would propagate tag lines but I don;t know how...)
To: lizol
How did the plane come to be buried? Where the wings still attached? Did it crash in a bog? Local folks seemed to know about the location but only recently revealed it?
Any pictures?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:49:39 PM PST
by
exit82
(Clinton didn't try. He just failed.)
To: Pukin Dog; billhilly; proud_yank; SJackson
Here's a story I thought you'd all enjoy reading.
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:51:50 PM PST
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: exit82
"Local folks seemed to know about the location but only recently revealed it? '
That's the way it sounded to me too.
WTF?
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:53:09 PM PST
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: lizol
So one could expect, that a Polish journalist will be able to to distinguish beetwen Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943 and Warsaw uprising in 1944.I noticed that too. I can understand Americans getting the two confused, but a native Pole?
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:53:11 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:56:05 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: lizol
Neat!
I had the honour of going inside the Halifax in Trenton last summer, accompanying my Dad (who flew them).
A wonderful plane and a great bit of history - a plane nearly forgotten while everyone remembers the Lancaster.
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:56:15 PM PST
by
gymbeau
(I'm Supportin' Morton)
To: exit82
Badge of the pilot
More remains
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posted on
12/01/2006 1:58:54 PM PST
by
lizol
(Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
To: HamiltonJay; lizol; All
FYI..all you WW II avaition buffs..check out
this link ..some great pics, and audio and video links..(scroll down halfway for the ToC)...enjoy
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posted on
12/01/2006 2:00:06 PM PST
by
ken5050
To: lizol
Thank you. I hope you do a follow up on how she went in and stayed hidden from view - - if they find out.
Salute!
To: lizol
I'm sure the British government will not allow those handguns to be brought back into the country.
/sarcasm
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posted on
12/01/2006 2:03:01 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(This tagline is brought to you by the letter "S" with a slash in front of it.)
To: HamiltonJay
My dad flew tailgunner in B24s, didn't realize the resemblance.
To: taxed2death
You've never lived under the Soviets (or have known people who lived under the Soviets) have you?
See, they (the Soviets) WOULD remove and destroy any such evidence of British help during the uprisings to avoid encouraging the Polish nationalism and morale during the Soviet conquest.
Reminding people that the Brit's (or Americans) tried to help earlier only encourages revolt against the Communists. After all, the Russian armies were content to stop across the river and wait for the Germans to kill those Poles who were fighting.
Because any Poles who had the courage to fight the Nazis in '44 would have the courage to fight the Russians in '45, 46, 47, 48 ....
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posted on
12/01/2006 2:06:47 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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