tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post69006904953232050..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The UncleOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1703716663735599052020-11-26T18:14:24.546-08:002020-11-26T18:14:24.546-08:00Sounds like he got what he deserved!Sounds like he got what he deserved!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74004121716093347892020-11-26T17:40:15.002-08:002020-11-26T17:40:15.002-08:00(Don McCollor)(not sure where to post this)...Ther...(Don McCollor)(not sure where to post this)...There was a old movie "The Misfit Brigade" [Eastern Front] when a tank of an SS Penal Battalion were ordered to bury the well dead body of a regular SS officer. They pledged do bury him with all the due respect and honor he deserved. When the office left, they drove one tread over the body and pivoted until they ground his body into to rubble... Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66599065042154983472020-11-26T07:49:26.233-08:002020-11-26T07:49:26.233-08:00Good looking book!Good looking book!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87206819327967947252020-11-26T07:48:48.417-08:002020-11-26T07:48:48.417-08:00Hahaha!Hahaha!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9706014139330909952020-11-25T23:56:37.390-08:002020-11-25T23:56:37.390-08:00Here is the book I have Rick - OldAFSarge - you wo...Here is the book I have Rick - OldAFSarge - you would both like it! If you lived closer Sarge I would loan mine to you <br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Command-American-Fighters-Original/dp/0879384735/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fighter+command+robert+t+sand&qid=1606377264&s=books&sr=1-1Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70154820883228189422020-11-25T19:34:33.315-08:002020-11-25T19:34:33.315-08:00You'd need a brand new and VERY large blog to ...You'd need a brand new and VERY large blog to discuss that one.<br />Just don't call it Mother, Jugs, and Speed :)<br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37719892727323832752020-11-25T19:28:48.816-08:002020-11-25T19:28:48.816-08:00Funny how that works, improvements on a basic soli...Funny how that works, improvements on a basic solid design. We could learn from that with today's equipment.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90908421119223787182020-11-25T19:27:51.844-08:002020-11-25T19:27:51.844-08:00I like crows, but not in that way.
Humble pie is ...I like crows, but not in that way.<br /><br />Humble pie is best eaten alone.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79720415277895235812020-11-25T19:27:09.401-08:002020-11-25T19:27:09.401-08:00Always know your aircraft.Always know your aircraft.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88319607799990129512020-11-25T18:28:45.591-08:002020-11-25T18:28:45.591-08:00Once the Jug got the new propeller, its climb rate...Once the Jug got the new propeller, its climb rate sure got a speed boost :)<br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89464936380539887732020-11-25T18:24:23.054-08:002020-11-25T18:24:23.054-08:00(Don McCollor)...If you wish, I can provide an act...(Don McCollor)...If you wish, I can provide an actual recipe for crow pie..Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37528990215974291002020-11-25T17:43:22.744-08:002020-11-25T17:43:22.744-08:00(Don McCollor)...Do read it indeed! There is an ep...(Don McCollor)...Do read it indeed! There is an episode in the book about a mock dogfight with a Spitfire that easily got behind him at first (should have been subtitled 'know your aircraft'). The Spit could beat him in a steady climb and out turn him. Instead he performed rolls that the Spit couldn't match increasing his lead. Then he dove (that a Spit could not match - the Spit floats down, with a Jug, the bottom just drops out). Then a zoom climb trading speed for altitude, and he was above and behind the Spit...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9164241252052193522020-11-25T17:36:38.407-08:002020-11-25T17:36:38.407-08:00Very true, but you pointed us there.Very true, but you pointed us there.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6798888207332556442020-11-25T17:35:56.045-08:002020-11-25T17:35:56.045-08:00👍👍OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-11260799580891483712020-11-25T17:11:53.232-08:002020-11-25T17:11:53.232-08:00The thanks go to Chris, owner of the site. Time s...The thanks go to Chris, owner of the site. Time stands still when I scroll through his site. I only wish I could figure out how to search his site. Instead, I just read one posting after another. He is very well researched. Y'all talk about minutia, he's got it down pat. Really, an excellent website. And take a look at his CV. Impressive.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452530649659364201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63928056862016867412020-11-25T17:11:52.589-08:002020-11-25T17:11:52.589-08:00(Don McCollor)...American POW...(Don McCollor)...American POW...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2061562052055695482020-11-25T17:06:56.332-08:002020-11-25T17:06:56.332-08:00One photo from the book is a picture of two WASP (...One photo from the book is a picture of two WASP (Women Auxiliary Service Pilots), one standing on the wing, the other sitting in the cockpit of a fighter. The cute little blonde in the cockpit is one I'd like to have met.<br /><br />Some of the photographs are heartbreaking. A small girl and her younger brother walking through the rubble of their city. <br /><br />Contrast that to the service men finding time for some real R&R in theater. Made a boat out of a drop tank for fun.<br /><br />Depictions of war from many angles. Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452530649659364201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46170800444798213312020-11-25T16:32:25.285-08:002020-11-25T16:32:25.285-08:00On the color photographs I might have the same boo...On the color photographs I might have the same book. It is compiled of photos that the service man shot in what was fairly rare color for World War II. One photo I will never forget – well 2. <br /><br />One is an American squadron of Spitfire pilots. <br /><br />Yes there were spitfires painted an olive drab<br /><br />But the other is immediate post war and a line of mustangs in a German field and these German civilians are just cutting them up and burning them. <br /><br />Amazing what we consider just excess crap is now worth it’s weight in goldWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67959124992614341142020-11-25T14:04:10.505-08:002020-11-25T14:04:10.505-08:00I remember that show.I remember that show.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55696816514677208362020-11-25T14:03:35.139-08:002020-11-25T14:03:35.139-08:00Being humbled is good for the soul now and again. ...Being humbled is good for the soul now and again. Like you say, it's what makes us human.<br /><br />And thanks.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43390513008789830422020-11-25T14:02:36.998-08:002020-11-25T14:02:36.998-08:00I'm pretty sure I read that when I was kid. Mi...I'm pretty sure I read that when I was kid. Might need to read it again!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48388884033214565202020-11-25T13:34:52.193-08:002020-11-25T13:34:52.193-08:00Sarge, your writing keeps getting better! The pic...Sarge, your writing keeps getting better! The pictures you paint and the characters you have created are multidimensional and real. You provide just enough detail for the reader to use their own imagination to fill in the blanks.<br />Re: your experience with travel locks, ain't it a bi**h when you realize you aren't the all seeing, all knowing example of humankind that you thought you were? DAMHIKT. But it is good for the soul, or karma, or whatever ... and is what makes us humanTom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23846217127127565302020-11-25T13:25:54.872-08:002020-11-25T13:25:54.872-08:00There was a TV show a couple of years back called ...There was a TV show a couple of years back called "1000 ways to die" that chronicled weird ways people met their end. And there are some VERY weird ways people die! Wrong place, wrong time - and "Hey'yall - watch this!" were both prevalent themesTom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43379511988828501752020-11-25T13:12:13.515-08:002020-11-25T13:12:13.515-08:00Robert Johnson wrote an exciting book about his ex...Robert Johnson wrote an exciting book about his exploits flying the P-47 Thunderbolt. His book is titled, Thunderbolt! In it, Johnson recounts his incredible survival after having his aircraft being shot to hell again and again and again. His tormentor followed him back to within sight of the English coast. Mr. Johnson was also the first pilot in the ETO to break Eddie Rickenbacker's record for aircraft shot down.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15452530649659364201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44101258000278296752020-11-25T12:51:56.464-08:002020-11-25T12:51:56.464-08:00Yup, good call Rick.Yup, good call Rick.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com