On this day in 1944 the Germans began shelling theWirtz-Bastogne crossroad in an attempt to push the 101st Airborne out of the defense of Bastogne. They failed. .Temperature went down to below freezing in the bitter cold of that Belgian winter and the 101st was down to eating K rations. Those...

Subject: ~ I WISH RONALD REAGAN WAS STILL ALIVE ~ From: VietEraA6Ordie Date: 6/8/04 3:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:32:03 +0100, "jacksback" wrote: "Z."...

Remembering an Instructor I remember my bombing instructor at Big Springs. He was a burly fellow with a booming voice and a gruff, in your face manner. He had flown a tour with the Bloody 100th Bomb Group over Berlin and. lived to tell the tale, Now I had inherited him. He always yelled,...

A BOMB PATTERN IS LIKE A FOOTBALL: BOMB PATTERN ANALYSIS One thing I never see in any WW II literature is bomb pattern analysis in tactical bombing. There is a lot to it that we had to live with, and I thought I would share it with those on this NG before it gets lost to history. Think of a...

Lately I have gotten some requests from model builders who want to build scale models of Willie the Wolf. I am gathering nose art, fuselage markings and colors for them. If anyone else wants to build a Willie model let me know and I will gather enough stuff for all. I thank you, But above all...

Go to my website to the section titled, "MISSIONS AND RESULTS". Click on "The Bridge at Verberie" then" Wurzburg" to see how effective we were. Then peruse the other 10 strike photos to get a good idea of precision bombing at its best. The Bridge at Verberie is an example of putting a bomb in a...

"Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it." John Quincy Adams Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

An officer in the U.S. naval Reserve was attending a conference that included admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy. At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies. The French Admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans...

I am going to outline a real situation that occurred during WW II. I would like to hear opinions and solutions as to how the situation should be handled. I will give the real solution that was imposed during the war after a week or so when many opinions have been offered. There was a large...

Got a note from Martin today telling me that he left flowers on the plaque dedicated to the men of the 344th Bomb Group who flew out of Stanstead in WW II. I thanked him personally but want to thank him publicly as well. It means a great deal to all of us who flew out of Stansted over occupied...

How come, as some claim, the CO at Nellis has no idea of the base closing but guys on this NG are "in the loop" and know stuff the base CO doesn't. How come? Arthur Kramer Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

We gotta get rid of turbines, they are ruining aviation. We need to go back to big round engines. Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from "OFF" to "START," and then remember to move it back to "ON" after a while. My PC is harder to start. Cranking a round engine requires...

Subject: For Fliers Only... Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ...I Shall Fear No Evil ... For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing. (sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location Kadena, Japan). You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. (Paul F. Crickmore - test pilot)

Sehr verehrte Kunden,Dear Sirs Neue Bücher / New Books Classic Publication Messerschmitt Me 163 Vol.2 /Ransom & Cammann 224 Seiten,300 Fotos,20 Farbprofile 53,80 Euro Red Stars Vol.12 Antonov`s Turboprop Twins AN-24,26,30,32

I don't know much about Spits other than how they perform as fighter cover. But I am curious about the concept of " Long Range" as applied to Spits. I had never heard that phrase during the war.Is it a phrase only used on this NG or is it a commonly used term about a special class of Spits?. And...

" The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory" Winston S. Churchill, Sept. 1940 Arthur Kramer 344th BG 494th BS England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

ubject: More long-range Spitfires and daylight Bomber Command raids, From: Juvat Date: 9/2/03 10:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: Guy posted: You, fighters and everyone else flew missions that involved...

Subject: P-47/51 deflection shots into the belly of the German tanks,reality From: (Walt BJ) Date: 8/6/03 10:07 PM Pacific I'd guess the pilot's eyes were on flak rather than a target a lot of the time. No point watching flak. There is nothing you can do about...

Bob's Story Paul, Bob and I were in a repple depple in the English midlands (Hanley, Stoke on Trent) waiting to join the 344th as a replacement crew. We all roomed together as pilots, copilots and bombardiers did.. One evening I entered the room to find Bob sobbing and shaking, wracked with tears...

Sehr verehrte Kunden, Sonderaktion/Bargain/Restposten/Second Hand/Platz machen vom 27.07.2003 bis 15.09.2003 Waffen Arsenal 3,Nashorn,Hummel,Brummbär 10,- EU 15,Junkers Ju 88 Heft 1 10,- EU 18,Panzer I ...