The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Operation Carthage (3/21/1945) - Jan. 2nd, 2004

www.milhist.dk ^ | Klaus Velschow

[Darksheare]

Morning.
And Happy New Year in return.
(You didn't happen to see my skull roll by did you? It rolled away sometime yesterday, or so it feels like, and I am still looking for it.)

[Darksheare]

Yeah, it was.
Wooden construction, good manueverability for a medium sized aircraft, and pretty.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks Sam, interesting "legend" information.

[SAMWolf]

1990 Alan Hale Jr actor (Skipper Jonas Grumby-Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at 71

<===MAsh This if you dare!!

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Feather!!

[The Mayor]

No skull rolled by me yet, I'll keep an eye out for it though,

[Darksheare]

Okay.
thanks.
*still feels like it escaped..*

[snippy_about_it]

Mash This if you dare!!

If it means hearing Gilligan's Island all day in my head, no thanks. LOL!

[SAMWolf]

One of the most aesthetic aircraft to ever grace the skies would have to be the de Havilland Mosquito. Used in various guises from unarmed bomber to heavily armed anti-shipping fighter-bomber with a 57mm cannon, the Mossie also was to be seen in many different schemes.

The first variant of the Mosquito to see service was the PR Mk.I, which entered service in the late summer of 1941. And flew its first combat mission on 17 September. From this date on the Mosquito was to become a common sight in the skies over the Axis powers

The desire to take the war to the enemy led to many types of aircraft being employed in the intruder role. These aircraft roamed over Europe at night and were directed to cause the maximum disruption to the enemy's lines of communications as possible. One favoured tactic was to wait in the vicinity of a German airfield and shoot down any returning aircraft careless enough to think it was safely at home. The NF.IIs employed on this function had their radar removed. . and were to all intents and purposes standard F Mk.IIs. DD712 shows the next step in NF markings. . the roundel is now type C1, while the fin flash has had its white centre stripe reduced in width.

All allied aircraft flying in European skies had black/white stripes painted around their fuselages and wings prior to the D-Day invasion of 6 June 1944. Originally these were around the entire fuselage and wings as seen here on a 57mm cannon-armed FB Mk.XVIII 'Tse-tse' Mosquito.

Israel was one of the last countries to fly the Mosquito into combat, using ex-French and Royal Navy PR. XVI Mosquitos in the Suez crisis of 1956. While most Israeli PR Mosquitos were silver overall, a small number of them were camouflaged in the standard sand and blue over duck egg green. The Mosquito shown here was flown on a recce mission over Syria in November of 1956 by Ze'ev Tavor and navigator Rafael Sivron when it suffered some damage. While it made it back to Israel, the resultant forced landing effectively wrote off #90

[SAMWolf]

I thought it fit in well today. :-)

[SAMWolf]

Morning PE.

[Professional Engineer]

Here on Gilligan's Isle.

[Aeronaut]

Nice to see the Hurricane back. :-)

Hi Sam. Have to keep proficient on the whole fleet!

[SAMWolf]

pretty.Yep, like the Me-110, it was a good looking plane but the Mosquito was a lot more effective than the ME-110.

[SAMWolf]

LOL! I Double Dog Dare you!!

[snippy_about_it]

LOL! I Double Dog Dare you!!

No, no no!! It's too early in the day, I won't do it.

[Darksheare]

The 110 didn't seem to be used effectively at all.
As if the Germans weren't sure HOW to make use of it.
Then there was the 'night fighter' version of the 110, with vertical firing guns behind the cockpit and the Yagi radar antenna in the nose.
Hmmm...

[Professional Engineer]

Oh man, 633 SQ was a classic.

[Professional Engineer]

I've already played it Ginger. Ya' skeeered or somethin'?

[Darksheare]

Probably haven't seenit.
Unless that's the movie where there's a training accident with Mosquitos and a kid slams a hill in flames.