The FReeper Foxhole Remembers "Little Friends" - USAAF Fighter Escorts - Dec. 11th, 2002

http://www.cebudanderson.com/europe.htm ^ | Scott Richardson

[Chad Fairbanks]

ROTFL....

[MistyCA]

Lightning

[Jen]

Jen, does the GI brew come in an IV?

Sure, but you'll have to find the corpsman or insert it yourself. I hate needles.

[MistyCA]

[Chad Fairbanks]

Wow... look at those curves... the sleek design, the aerodynamic capabilities... wow...

(Nice plane, too)

[MistyCA]

B-17

[Polybius]

quiet embarrassment just as Sir Alexander Haig had become after World War One

"I am in control, here, in the White House..." Not the same guy, right? ;-)

Ooops.....Freudian slip. It seems I couldn't keep my embarrasing Haigs straight. :-)

That should have read "Field Marshal Sir Douglas 'Butcher' Haig" of Passchendaele fame.

[x-navy seal]

Thanks for the ping.

I was just listening to one of my Grandfathers stories about his pilot days of WW2. He flew a B-24 over Germany near the end of the war. He was on a mission where the germans were firing time delay anti aircraft shells, and his plane took a hit. He said it blew a large hole in one of the wings. (fortunately it wasn't a percussion shell or he wouldn't be here to tell about it.) He then took two more hits and lost all power. He and his entire crew bailed out. Grandpa was the last one to bail out, and as he was parachuting down, he saw the plane start a long roll to the right. He said his plane circled around and almost hit him. He and his crew landed in hostile Yugoslavia. He was lucky to be reached by the underground, who smuggled him out of the country. It took them 30 days to get him out (Very tough month for my mother and grandmother). If the Germans would have gotten to him first, they would have tied his hands and feet, then shot him in the back of the head, as they did to all bomber crews.

[Jen]

A bit before my time... but are you talking about Bud Anderson?

[mafree]

FReeper Foxhole Bump.

[MistyCA]

Ugh! Decaf! How about a Wildcat?

[MistyCA]

Thank you. I wouldn't know, but the artist identified it at B-17. I appreciate your input. :)

[Jen]

Wow, what a story, I'm so glad you shared it. Thank God your grandfather survived and was not captured by the Germans.

It's so important that we keep our Veterans' stories from being forgotten. Do you know about the Veterans History Project? Your grandfather might like to contribute some stories or memorabilia.

[MistyCA]

LOL! thanks, Sam. I love the graphic! :)

[Wednesday's Child]

Thanks for the ping.
My late father-in-law worked at Republic Aviation and was very proud of the P-47. I'll show this thread to my husband this evening.

[Joe Brower]

Coffee IV? I shudder to even think of what that would do.

Sorry, but java is p.o. (per os, by mouth) only. Besides you get to savor the flavor that way!

JB, USN HM2

[usastandsunited]

No he is not correct. You are confusing the Internet with "web sites". Maybe the most hit web sites are porn sites, i don't know. The Internet is the sum of networked computers. Don't confuse the "Internet" with some web sites hosted at some ISPs that will probably be out of business in a year or two.
Communication has made the Internet what it is today. If you have to pin one thing down to say something has made the Internet what it is today, that would be none other than the still dominant Internet Killer application called "Email".

[MistyCA]

Gosh...what a story. Thank your grandpa for the story and his service.

B-24 Liberator

[MistyCA]

Liberator

[zingzang]

Thank you for this great account of the war!