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  FIGHTER ESCORT
Posted by: Cadetat6 - 01-09-2006, 04:14 PM - Forum: The Papa Art Section! - Replies (3)


Letter from my friend Ken.

Hi Art,

 

When the air crews first arrived in England they really had it rough. We didn't:t have a fighter that could escourt the bombers all the way in and back on a mission. The Germans had plenty of fighters and shot down so many of our bombers that the life of a crew was not very long. If they got 25 in it was quite a feat. The P-51 changed the odds a lot and the number of missions was raised to 30 and then to 35. If you stop and analize the fact that there were at least 10 men on each plane and at least 8 planes in each sqdn., 4 sqdns in each bomb gp, so a gp. could have as many as 32 to 40 planes flying a mission. A bomb gp. in the early days of the war had only one plane return, so multiply this by 10 and this is why the Air Force had such a high loss.

 

I am so glad I got over there when I did. We had those beautiful P-51s with us all the way. The flak was still rough, but at least our chances were much better than the early crews.

 

Thanks for the forward about the 453rd memorial at Old Buckingham

 

Art

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  Oradour-Sur-Glane
Posted by: gbuscg - 01-09-2006, 07:42 AM - Forum: ANYTHING WWII - Replies (3)


http://www.oradour.info/

 

For those who haven't heard of a small Limousin Village in France named Ouradour-Sur-Glane . Must read it's horrible story !

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  The forgotten Camps
Posted by: gbuscg - 01-09-2006, 07:31 AM - Forum: ANYTHING WWII - Replies (1)


http://www.jewishgen.org/Forgottencamps/

 

This site leads you to the history and the horror of the forgotten Camps all over Europe !

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  Poem by Russ Weiskircher
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 01-08-2006, 09:29 PM - Forum: Current Events - No Replies


Russ sent this to me tonight. His words ring true.

 

The State of the Nation:

 

The darkness is descending upon this once, sweet prosperous land.

And like the twilight of the evening, it's comes ever so slow.

But sure as any tide that's crept upon the shore,

Wave by wave the subtle move begins to show.

 

At one time you could see our true foundation standing tall,

Looking wide and firm from sea to sea.

That foundation was our trust in God and folks were not ashamed.

To tell the world that's where our trust should be

 

But slowly, ever slowly we have turned to trust in men.

And fashioned heroes out of proud and boastful souls.

Making wealth and power the pinnacle of dreams,

And intellect the loftiest of goals.

 

And as the nation went,so also went the pulpits.

And the pillars of our homes began to sway.

And in the wake of a so called higher learning,

Our shields of faith began to falter along the way.

 

Through the years it seems a great progression was unfolding.

And tho' we kept God out of sight He still came through.

And in His mercy he still showers us with blessings,

But we ignore them as we are prone to do.

 

But now the evening fast approaches, and we move towards the night.

Some folks claim this is a new and better day,

But the don't know that they've been blinded,judgment will have its day.

 

Before the night is full upon us, let us consider how we strayed.

We have built too many castles in the sand, we reject His creative hand.

 

But the darkness keeps descending upon this once sweet prosperous land,

Like the twilight of the evening it's come slow,

But sure as any tide that's crept ashore,

Wave by wave the subtle move begins to show.

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  Fallen Heroes
Posted by: Walt's Daughter - 01-08-2006, 09:12 PM - Forum: Current Events - No Replies


http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/

 

An online memorial to our soldiers.

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