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Dave fvucking loved Casual Fridays.

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Careful,if few memoirs and books on Pacific campaign authors did mention Japs wearing similar "summer uniform".

I think that was even portrayed in older versions of either MoH or CoD,possibly in HBO Pacific series as well.
 
Ya know seeing a Harvard in camo...just doesn't seem right for some reason...
Mid 70's got a chance for a short flight in Welland. Can't remember the owners name, friend of my Dads.
Did a few barrel rows and a couple loops...Wow!!!! Words can't describe it. My face hurt for a week cuz I couldn't stop smiling....

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Strong memory from a prairie boy childhood. We would take a break from shooting gophers and just lie down in the grass and watch the Harvards...bright yellow against blue sky...near Penhold RCAF base, Alberta.
 
Strong memory from a prairie boy childhood. We would take a break from shooting gophers and just lie down in the grass and watch the Harvards...bright yellow against blue sky...near Penhold RCAF base, Alberta.

That ain't Penhold, I live just a ways down the road. :redface: Springbrook was the air field and there is a sub division there now called Harvard Park. Don't forget that unique sound.

Grizz
 
Strong memory from a prairie boy childhood. We would take a break from shooting gophers and just lie down in the grass and watch the Harvards...bright yellow against blue sky...near Penhold RCAF base, Alberta.

Used to see those guys operating out of RCAF Stn Saskatoon along with Expeditors, Mitchells, T-Birds and an assortment of other stuff like CF-100s, Sabres and Dollar nineteens.
 
75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (Air & Space Magazine)

A History of WW2 in 25 Airplanes

For 75 years, the United States and European nations have celebrated May 8 as the day World War II ended in Europe. Over that long stretch, the world’s fascination with that war has only strengthened. We continue to look back in awe at the courage of British and American bomber crews who flew missions to Germany—into what broadcaster Edward R. Murrow called, in one of the features in this collection, “a terrible symphony of light and flame.” We still read about the D-Day invasion with disbelief that the complex plans for the largest naval invasion in history came together and ended in success.
More and more in recent years, we’ve learned about the war not from the point of view of political leaders and military commanders, but from the experiences of the people who flew the airplanes, worked in the factories that built them, and ferried them from factory to airfield. With this collection, we’ve assembled many of those varied experiences, along with descriptions of the U.S. aircraft that played an important role—not just in the European theater, but throughout World War II. With these stories we commemorate what President Harry Truman called, in his announcement of victory on May 8, 1945, “this solemn and glorious hour.” — Linda Shiner

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This present government and its actions cast an unpleasant shadow on this anniversary, but we ought to remember it nonetheless.
 
Strong memory from a prairie boy childhood. We would take a break from shooting gophers and just lie down in the grass and watch the Harvards...bright yellow against blue sky...near Penhold RCAF base, Alberta.

These four lovelies belong to the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association located in Tillsonburg, Ontario. The first two (#54 & 46) are Mark II from WWII and were built in California. #46 is believed to have been one of the aircraft towed into Canada by horses as the US "couldn't deliver" them to a country at war. #242 & 422 were post war (1952) Mark IV built in in Canada by Canada Car & Foundry. I have a few hours on both 46 and 242 and going solo (in AJ583) was one of life's highlights for me. The aviators on site will know what I'm speaking of. Chances are the picture is in SW Ontario but they could be enroute to an air show elsewhere. Visit them at harvards.com They are the nicest people and they love those Harvards.
 
Yeah, like Trudeau did today in his daily blather. What a hypocritical SOB!!! Marking the anniversary of defeating a dictator only to follow his example.

Hitler was big on gun control as well as the suspension of elected legislatures.:sok2 I believe it was in the cause of public safety, just like the French and Soviet revolutionaries formed Committees of Public Safety right out of the box.:eek:

Hard to believe, but we actually have a Minister of Public Safety. At least the Liberals could have read a bit of history before picking that name.:rey2
 
They have.

I'm sure they availed themselves of a copy of "Gun Control - Gateway To Tyranny" by Aaron Zelman. The US used it to create the 1968 GCA. ALL of our terminology of "gun control" came from that source - "firearms acquisition permit'' (necessary to own guns and buy ammo), registration, hunting permit, "sporting purposes", etc., etc.

The Nazis included a racial aspect as well - Jews were strictly forbidden to own guns. Our Fuhrer has included a racial aspect by giving a special dispensation to First Nations - until it no longer suits the agenda.

Get a copy and get informed. Available from the JPFO (Jews For the Preservation Of Firearms Ownership). If anyone knows the consequences of "gun control", it's the Jews.
 
Because why not?
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Also Soviet Gaz-68. Zis-3 76mm gun on 4x4 chassis.Never made it into production.Kind of Hetzer pretending to be Jeep.

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Hitler was big on gun control as well as the suspension of elected legislatures.:sok2 I believe it was in the cause of public safety, just like the French and Soviet revolutionaries formed Committees of Public Safety right out of the box.:eek:

Hard to believe, but we actually have a Minister of Public Safety. At least the Liberals could have read a bit of history before picking that name.:rey2

Actually, present German gun laws are based on the Hitlerite model, as are ours.

Grizz
 
That ain't Penhold, I live just a ways down the road. :redface: Springbrook was the air field and there is a sub division there now called Harvard Park. Don't forget that unique sound.

Grizz

I wasn't trying to claim that photograph was from Penhold....just familiar planes...flying out of several Canadian RCAF bases.
 
When I was a kind on the farm near Zurich On. it was a low fly zone for Harvards out of Centralia. They used to do lots of aerobatics. I can still pick the sound of a radial engine out from an inline. Later on it changed to chipmunks. One guy in a Chipmuk almost pranged it flying low over my sister and I hoeing beans in a field. He was so low that she lay down in the field. There was a tall skinny elm tree at the end of the field he almost didn't see in time. Black smoke from the exaust and pulled up missing in by less than 5 feet.
 
Actually, present German gun laws are based on the Hitlerite model, as are ours.

Grizz

Like I said in post #19534 - we are indebted to Herr Hitler for our gun laws, as is the USA. We still have gun owners who refuse to accept this. Saying this 25 years ago got you labelled as a member of the tin foil hat brigade.
 
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