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Anyone who flew on Mitchells had to have come away with some degree of hearing loss. The engine noise from the short exhaust stacks on the cylinders is enormous. I wore the ear defenders out of my range box and was glad I did. By comparison the engine noise on the B-17 is pretty mild. It has an exhaust collector ring on each engine which makes a big difference.
rockport guy
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My Dad was a gunner in a Lancaster... his hearing was bad.
14 actually, including the dorsal turret which could be set forward-fixed, for ground attack strafing runs. This was a specific conversion kit provided by the factory for a ground/shipping attack aircraft. About 800 of these were made.
14 M2's and 8 rockets letting off at the same time... That would bleed off a bit of airspeed. And seriously degrade the moral of whoever was on the receiving end.
Interesting stories...
One of these two Captains used the Red Cross to convey a letter praising the gallantry of the other and recommending a commendation for conspicuous bravery... The usual wooden nickle award for the first to figure out the who/what/where:
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One of these two Captains used the Red Cross to convey a letter praising the gallantry of the other and recommending a commendation for conspicuous bravery... The usual wooden nickle award for the first to figure out the who/what/where:
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The 109 British sailors who went down on the HMS Glowworm (and the 6 who died later) probably didn't give a damn that their dead "heroic" skipper was praised by a Nazi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glowworm_(H92)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Glowworm_(H92)
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Dark Alley Dan
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Mighty broad brush there, Rob. Not everyone in the German armed forces during WW2 was a Nazi, and the Kriegsmarine was infected least by the disease of National Socialism. As far as Hye went, it might be helpful to read a little more on the ol' Wikipedia about him:
Considering that guys like Galland, about as far from a Nazi as a German could get, couldn't so much as get a job in Germany until the late 50's rolled around due to the possibility of being tainted by Nazism, one can safely deduce that if Hye was elected to parliament eight years after he was done in the Navy he was probably squeaky clean. We might also assume this because the CDU is center-right, the current party in power in Germany, and has always been avowedly anti-fascist.
War sucks, but certain aspects of naval warfare suck especially hard. If the Captain chooses to do something suicidally heroic, it's not like they take a quick poll to see how the lads down in the engine room feel about it. They're just along for the ride.
Anyhow, pictures. Here's the Heinkel HE-115 in Finnish service:
...aaaand with the Norwegians...
...aaaand with the Swedes:
...aaaand borrowed at least once by the RAF:
...aaaand of course by Fat Herman's Happy Lads:
Would have made a great bushplane. if it could haul a spare pontoon, it could have hauled canoes:
Mighty broad brush there, Rob. Not everyone in the German armed forces during WW2 was a Nazi, and the Kriegsmarine was infected least by the disease of National Socialism. As far as Hye went, it might be helpful to read a little more on the ol' Wikipedia about him:
Considering that guys like Galland, about as far from a Nazi as a German could get, couldn't so much as get a job in Germany until the late 50's rolled around due to the possibility of being tainted by Nazism, one can safely deduce that if Hye was elected to parliament eight years after he was done in the Navy he was probably squeaky clean. We might also assume this because the CDU is center-right, the current party in power in Germany, and has always been avowedly anti-fascist.
War sucks, but certain aspects of naval warfare suck especially hard. If the Captain chooses to do something suicidally heroic, it's not like they take a quick poll to see how the lads down in the engine room feel about it. They're just along for the ride.
Anyhow, pictures. Here's the Heinkel HE-115 in Finnish service:
...aaaand with the Norwegians...
...aaaand with the Swedes:
...aaaand borrowed at least once by the RAF:
...aaaand of course by Fat Herman's Happy Lads:
Would have made a great bushplane. if it could haul a spare pontoon, it could have hauled canoes:
And add brought up from the dark, deep, murky depths (in Norway).
ipscgraz
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Not WWII but the next inning. And possibly for the next inning now, as well, if things keep growing.
Soldiers pose on top of the discarded shells from fired rounds after a bombardment of an enemy position in the Korean War in 1952.
Soldiers pose on top of the discarded shells from fired rounds after a bombardment of an enemy position in the Korean War in 1952.
