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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle
of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
On Jul 16, 4:28?pm, "David E. Powell"
wrote: Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. The only thing that I take issue with is that they limit themselves to incidents where they can interview the particpants. When they did the segment on Jay Zeamer, they used an audio interview done sometime in the past. But they dredged up the co-pilot. It would seem to preclude them from doing segments say, on Bob Johnson, Richard Bong, Adolf Galland, Douglas Bader, and on and on and on...... But the show generally has been very good. Walt |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
On Jul 16, 2:49 pm, Walt wrote:
On Jul 16, 4:28?pm, "David E. Powell" wrote: Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. The only thing that I take issue with is that they limit themselves to incidents where they can interview the particpants. When they did the segment on Jay Zeamer, they used an audio interview done sometime in the past. But they dredged up the co-pilot. It would seem to preclude them from doing segments say, on Bob Johnson, Richard Bong, Adolf Galland, Douglas Bader, and on and on and on...... But the show generally has been very good. Walt I think the CGI is actually improving as the series goes along, too. I just wish they wouldn't repeat the same CGI footage 6-7 times in the same episode. I really enjoy the show, and its great to see some old friends participating. The good Doctor (Fritz M.) was one of the participants of our 2000 reunion for Kommando Welter in Schliessheim. He looked great on the show! "Do you mind if I come? My old unit doesn't have reunions - we just catch a cab." v/r Gordon |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
"David E. Powell" wrote in message oups.com... Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. I was stunned the Laffey took all those hits and kept floating. What was it, four kamikazi and three bomb hits? And I didn't know they already had radar guided 5 inch guns |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
On Jul 16, 5:49?pm, Walt wrote:
The only thing that I take issue with is that they limit themselves to incidents where they can interview the particpants. When they did the segment on Jay Zeamer, they used an audio interview done sometime in the past. But they dredged up the co-pilot. It would seem to preclude them from doing segments say, on Bob Johnson, Richard Bong, Adolf Galland, Douglas Bader, and on and on and on...... True, and it's US-centric, which excludes a lot of good stories--some you've named. The first ever ep feature one of Rickenbacker's fights, so they will go outside that limit. |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
"Walt" wrote in message ps.com... On Jul 16, 4:28?pm, "David E. Powell" wrote: Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. The only thing that I take issue with is that they limit themselves to incidents where they can interview the particpants. When they did the segment on Jay Zeamer, they used an audio interview done sometime in the past. But they dredged up the co-pilot. It would seem to preclude them from doing segments say, on Bob Johnson, Richard Bong, Adolf Galland, Douglas Bader, and on and on and on...... But the show generally has been very good. Walt i don't like how they can mislead with facts. they'll say how many RPM the guns can fire but then never say how much ammo the plane carried. stuff like that. now with CGI they are getting away from the 'films is films' but recently a military channel show on the B-17 at various times showed B-24s, B-25s while extolling the fortress and then while talking about the tail-gun of the 17 had a close up of a lancaster 4-gun rear turret. |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
On Jul 16, 11:58 pm, "Ray O'Hara" wrote:
"Walt" wrote in message ps.com... On Jul 16, 4:28?pm, "David E. Powell" wrote: Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. The only thing that I take issue with is that they limit themselves to incidents where they can interview the particpants. When they did the segment on Jay Zeamer, they used an audio interview done sometime in the past. But they dredged up the co-pilot. It would seem to preclude them from doing segments say, on Bob Johnson, Richard Bong, Adolf Galland, Douglas Bader, and on and on and on...... But the show generally has been very good. Walt i don't like how they can mislead with facts. they'll say how many RPM the guns can fire but then never say how much ammo the plane carried. stuff like that. now with CGI they are getting away from the 'films is films' but recently a military channel show on the B-17 at various times showed B-24s, B-25s while extolling the fortress and then while talking about the tail-gun of the 17 had a close up of a lancaster 4-gun rear turret.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I'm surprised that, while talking about how much punishment the B-17 could take, they didn't show that guy crashing against the round-down on the carrier. |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
"Jonathan" wrote in message .. . "David E. Powell" wrote in message oups.com... Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. I was stunned the Laffey took all those hits and kept floating. What was it, four kamikazi and three bomb hits? And I didn't know they already had radar guided 5 inch guns Even better, she's STILL floating! http://www.patriotspoint.org/exhibits/fleet/laffey.html It's a little spooky to stand on the same deck where all that happened. Bob McKellar |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
Yeah, I saw the same show on the Military Channel on the B-17.
Advice to everyone: DON'T take any of these shows on weapons or battles as fact. History Channel ran a series called 'Hell's Battlefields' and one episode I saw was on the Battle of Kursk and it was loaded with errors. Since it was on about 3 years ago, I've forgotten most of the errors but two I still remember: while talking about the T-34/76, the film was showing the T-34/85 which didn't become operational until about 9-10 months AFTER Kursk; and the narration said Hitler called off the Zitadelle because the Allies had invaded Sicily on July 10, 1944. NOTICE the date -- ONE YEAR and one day AFTER the actual invasion. I sent the History Channel an e-mail and pointed out all the errors and, surprisingly, the show's producer called me. I told him about the T-34 error and he said "well, most people wouldn't notice things like that," so I said "If you ran a program about automobiles and your narration was talking about Cadillacs and the film showed Pintos, would that be OK?" He said 'No.' Then I told him about the invasion of Sicily date being off by a year and a day and he wanted to know how I could possibly know that date. I told him I've been a military historian for 40 years and read him excerpts from three books about the invasion date and gave him the titles, authors, and publication dates and asked if he'd like more sources. He declined and said that particular error would be fixed. I watched the show again the next two times it was on and the error was still in there. The media doesn't care about accuracy, they're there to entertain. "Ray O'Hara" wrote in message ... "Walt" wrote in message ps.com... On Jul 16, 4:28?pm, "David E. Powell" wrote: Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. The only thing that I take issue with is that they limit themselves to incidents where they can interview the particpants. When they did the segment on Jay Zeamer, they used an audio interview done sometime in the past. But they dredged up the co-pilot. It would seem to preclude them from doing segments say, on Bob Johnson, Richard Bong, Adolf Galland, Douglas Bader, and on and on and on...... But the show generally has been very good. Walt i don't like how they can mislead with facts. they'll say how many RPM the guns can fire but then never say how much ammo the plane carried. stuff like that. now with CGI they are getting away from the 'films is films' but recently a military channel show on the B-17 at various times showed B-24s, B-25s while extolling the fortress and then while talking about the tail-gun of the 17 had a close up of a lancaster 4-gun rear turret. |
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History Channel Dogfights - Kamikazes (Season 2 Premiere)
On Jul 16, 11:08?pm, "Jonathan" wrote:
"David E. Powell" wrote in ooglegroups.com... Really well done.... worth checking out. From the look at the battle of the USS Laffey (And US air cover of the day, tactics, the ship herself, etc.) to the stuff on the Okha program to the look at a German ramming squadron in the last days of the war in Europe, really well done stuff. I was stunned the Laffey took all those hits and kept floating. What was it, four kamikazi and three bomb hits? And I didn't know they already had radar guided 5 inch guns' Seems like Hornet had radar guided guns in 1942. Walt |
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