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Today in US Military History: Chuck Yeager shoots down Me-262 jet over Germany
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| Nov. 6, 2018
| Chris Carter
Posted on 11/06/2018 7:05:05 AM PST by fugazi
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11/06/2018 7:05:05 AM PST
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fugazi
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11/06/2018 7:06:51 AM PST
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fugazi
To: fugazi
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posted on
11/06/2018 7:09:11 AM PST
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ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: fugazi
1944: Capt. Charles Yeager becomes one of the first U.S. pilots to shoot down a Messerschmidt Me-262 jet fighter, scoring his victory as the warplane attempts to land on a German airfield.
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Catching the ME 262 landing or taking off was probably just about the only chance an Allied fighter would have of shooting it down.
Top speed P-51 Mustang: 437 mph
Top speed ME-262: 559 mph
To: fugazi
I watched a doc on that kill and Yeager said it was “highly unsportsman like..but what the hell.”
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11/06/2018 7:19:05 AM PST
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crz
To: ConservativeMind
IIRC, there were a number of Me-262’s shot down while attempting to glide to their airfields because they had run out of fuel.
Didn’t know Chuck Yeager got one of them, though.
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11/06/2018 7:20:06 AM PST
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elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: fugazi
$3000 was serious money in 1941! A private made $50 a month, and a 2nd Lt $150.
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11/06/2018 7:21:47 AM PST
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FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: fugazi
Really? That’s fascinating on Yeager. I thought he was too young to have been in WW II. I knew he’d been a test pilot for a bunch of the early flights that would eventually lead to space. This country has produced some of the most amazing people.
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posted on
11/06/2018 7:22:16 AM PST
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throwback
(The object of opening the mind, is as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.)
To: fugazi
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11/06/2018 7:23:57 AM PST
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crz
To: fugazi
1941: While searching for blockade runners in the Caribbean, the cruiser USS Omaha and destroyer USS Somers spot a cargo ship flying U.S. colors but behaving oddly and whose sailors looked uniquely un-American. When Omaha attempts to make contact, the ships crew attempt to sabotage the vessel and a boarding crew is sent over. The captured ship turns out to be the German Odenwald, transporting rubber and other supplies from Japan. The sailors from the boarding party are each awarded $3,000 as bounty from the seized cargo and everyone else involved receives two months pay the last time U.S. sailors will be awarded prize money. Is that year correct I wonder? On November 6, 1941 we were still at peace with Germany. So why were we looking for blockade runners much less boarding and seizing them?
To: fugazi
Yaegers first jet.
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11/06/2018 7:25:44 AM PST
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DCBryan1
(Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
To: DoodleDawg
We were enforcing a blockade of Japan, part of the reason they then attacked us at Pearl.
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11/06/2018 7:29:49 AM PST
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Henchster
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To: elcid1970
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posted on
11/06/2018 7:33:32 AM PST
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Loud Mime
(Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
To: fugazi
I didn't know Yeager was a WW II fighter pilot, but that obviously makes sense.
1944: Capt. Charles Yeager becomes one of the first U.S. pilots to shoot down a Messerschmidt Me-262 jet fighter, scoring his victory as the warplane attempts to land on a German airfield.
So the only way we were able to down an Me-262 is hit is on the landing strip moving slowly?
To: FreedomPoster
When my dad enlisted in the Army in 1939 a person could still buy their way for 2 months pay. Of course between the booze and gambling you were broke at the end of the month...
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11/06/2018 7:35:20 AM PST
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shotgun
To: Flick Lives
Wiki: "Me 262 pilots claimed a total of 542 Allied aircraft shot down, although higher claims are sometimes made. The Allies countered its effectiveness in the air by attacking the aircraft on the ground and during takeoff and landing.
To: Flick Lives
Those early jets had a limited range, similar to a Tesla car.
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posted on
11/06/2018 7:36:45 AM PST
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Huskrrrr
To: Henchster
We were enforcing a blockade of Japan, part of the reason they then attacked us at Pearl. In the Caribbean? Besides it was an economic embargo and not a blockade.
To: Loud Mime
So...he saw the Me-262 crash short of the runway but did not burn. Sounds like Jerry was out of gas.
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11/06/2018 7:38:13 AM PST
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elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: elcid1970
If he had run out of “benzine,” I’m sure the people on the ground could hear the pilot’s cursing.
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posted on
11/06/2018 7:40:18 AM PST
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Loud Mime
(Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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