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I spent a lot of my youth at Thunder Bay (then Fort William and Port Arthur) where there was a large proportion of Ukrainians in the ethnic population. I recall a real mix of political viewpoints and animosities in their community with some factions not associating with others. I was never able to get a handle on it. I did know that there was a real rift between some of them, the Poles as well the Germans.
They pretty much kept to themselves and you had to be careful what you said to whom. I had one pal whose father had ridden as a Cossack, but I'm not sure for which side. We used to play with his guardless sabre until we got caught at it. He got a real ass whooping.
Sentimental Journey. Took a ride in her a couple of years ago and re-visited her several times at the CAF Museum in Mesa, AZ this winter.
Dark Alley Dan
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The B-17 gets all the affection. But no one remembers the homely, and entirely functional, Douglas B-18 Bolo:
In Canadian service they were the Digby:
Not pretty, but they worked well enough. Piss-poor floatplane, though, despite their boatlike looks.
In Canadian service they were the Digby:
Not pretty, but they worked well enough. Piss-poor floatplane, though, despite their boatlike looks.
DAD, Thanx for those great pics of that beautiful aircraft. Sleek and solid at the same time.
I remember a WWII propaganda cartoon with Bugs Bunny flying one of those in an out of control nose dive and applying the "AIR BRAKES" about a meter from the ground, which brought the plane to a sudden halt where Bugs jumped out the window and walked away as if it were perfectly normal. That really dates me. Those cartoons were used as movie openers and in the early fifties on Loony Tunes.
I remember a WWII propaganda cartoon with Bugs Bunny flying one of those in an out of control nose dive and applying the "AIR BRAKES" about a meter from the ground, which brought the plane to a sudden halt where Bugs jumped out the window and walked away as if it were perfectly normal. That really dates me. Those cartoons were used as movie openers and in the early fifties on Loony Tunes.
That was the “ Gremlin” episode. Love those old Looney Tunes!!
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Ha ha ha, I remember that scene! It was a huge floor mounted lever with a squeeze release handle that he shouldered to activate. (God, I'm old...)
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just came across this, no context, but just too good not to share...
guys!! Come on ! This isn't funny ! Open up ! Guys !!!!
Here is a follow up on Bugs mentioning of a "A card" and wartime fuel rationing in the USA.
http://www.sarahsundin.com/make-it-do-gasoline-rationing-in-world-war-ii-2/
https://www.wired.com/2009/11/1201world-war-2-gasoline-rationing/
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buzzmagoo
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It realy looks like a jump ship out of some kinda Sci-fi movie . As with so many experimental concepts they just get left out in the elements or scraped out .One positive thing about the cold war is some of the Blofeld-quality cool sh!t that was developed. Take the Bartini-Beriev VVA-14M1P:
It swims! It flies, if only very low! It waddles along the ground like a duck!
It slowly returns to the earth at the Central Air Force Museum, just east of Moscow.
That Bolo-Digby was unknown to me until I ran across one at Fantasy of Flight, Florida.
And until today, I was unaware that the RCAF ever had them. I guess it was a good airplane, since it replaced biplane bombers.
And until today, I was unaware that the RCAF ever had them. I guess it was a good airplane, since it replaced biplane bombers.
True patriots who fought for the existence of a free Ukraine. My dad and his friends would sit around and talk and discuss and sometimes argue about the political situation but were always looking forward to the days that the commies would fade away and Ukraine would become independent once again. He was one happy guy when that happened in 1991.
Night fighter radar direction ship Togo/Coronel
Were in service with the Kreigsmarine and Luftwaffe what were called Night fighter direction vessels (Nachtjagdleitschiff). One of them known as the Togo and also HSK Coronel.The others were the Odysseus and Kreta.
"Togo was equipped with a FuMG A1 Freya radar for early warning, which had a range of around 40–75 km (22–40 nmi; 25–47 mi). She also had a Würzburg-Riese gun laying radar with a similar range plus night fighter communications equipment.
She was heavily armed with three 10.5 cm FlaK 38 anti-aircraft guns, four twin 3,7 cm FlaK 43 guns, four (later five) quadruple and three (later two) single 2 cm FlaK 30 guns."
"From October 1943, Togo cruised the Baltic Sea under the operational control of the Luftwaffe's 22/Luftnachrichten Regiment 222[18]. In March 1944, after the three great Soviet bombing raids on Helsinki, she arrived in the Gulf of Finland to provide night fighter cover for Tallinn and Helsinki.
Near the end of the war, Togo took part in the evacuation of German troops and refugees from Poland, East Prussia and Latvia."
"Night fighter direction ships. Odysseus and Kreta were equipped with Freya AN (FuMo303) and Würzburg D (FuMo213) radars. Togo had Freya AN (FuMo303), Würzburg Riese (FuMo215) radars and 2 Y-Lines."
"Kreta was sunk by British submarine Unseen off Capreira" 21/9/1943
http://www.gyges.dk/Togo.htm
Were in service with the Kreigsmarine and Luftwaffe what were called Night fighter direction vessels (Nachtjagdleitschiff). One of them known as the Togo and also HSK Coronel.The others were the Odysseus and Kreta.
"Togo was equipped with a FuMG A1 Freya radar for early warning, which had a range of around 40–75 km (22–40 nmi; 25–47 mi). She also had a Würzburg-Riese gun laying radar with a similar range plus night fighter communications equipment.
She was heavily armed with three 10.5 cm FlaK 38 anti-aircraft guns, four twin 3,7 cm FlaK 43 guns, four (later five) quadruple and three (later two) single 2 cm FlaK 30 guns."
"From October 1943, Togo cruised the Baltic Sea under the operational control of the Luftwaffe's 22/Luftnachrichten Regiment 222[18]. In March 1944, after the three great Soviet bombing raids on Helsinki, she arrived in the Gulf of Finland to provide night fighter cover for Tallinn and Helsinki.
Near the end of the war, Togo took part in the evacuation of German troops and refugees from Poland, East Prussia and Latvia."
"Night fighter direction ships. Odysseus and Kreta were equipped with Freya AN (FuMo303) and Würzburg D (FuMo213) radars. Togo had Freya AN (FuMo303), Würzburg Riese (FuMo215) radars and 2 Y-Lines."
"Kreta was sunk by British submarine Unseen off Capreira" 21/9/1943
http://www.gyges.dk/Togo.htm
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Dark Alley Dan
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That's very cool, Diopter. I've read about "flak ships" for years and years but never found the time to go looking for pictures of one. Thanks for that. 
The Douglas B-18 Bolo is a very rare bird which was flown by the RCAF on ASW duties off the Atlantic coast. There's a restored B-18 to be seen at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, AZ. They also have a restored PBY-5A Canso in RCAF markings which is on interior display on a diorama-like water surface.
