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The CWHM in Hamilton. I am a member so please make this a destination if you ever visit the area.
Been there, was going to mention the dam buster's replica bomb.
Thing is, the Dam buster Lancasters were specially modified to carry that bomb, just a little art work doesn't make a dam buster.Grizz
Been there, was going to mention the dam buster's replica bomb.
There aren't any intact surviving B.III (Special) variants, afaik.
Portuguese troops clearing mines in Mozambique. Love the high tech bomb suits they were issued.
Caption reads
"Picadores",old but good way to find mines, Mozambique North Border
Picadores = Lancers
I wonder when they are planning on telling the photographer that he is standing on the mine?
Anti tank mines mostly on roads for vehicles, with anti-personnel mines on foot trails and stream beds.
This site has quite a few pictures( warning, some very graphic) of the causalities.
http://ultramar.terraweb.biz/Guerra_do_Ultramar_Geracao_Sacrificada_Esquecida.htm
This site has quite a few pictures( warning, some very graphic) of the causalities.
http://ultramar.terraweb.biz/Guerra_do_Ultramar_Geracao_Sacrificada_Esquecida.htm
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When I was in the Falklands a few years ago I learned that mine clearance operations were still continuing as a result of the 1982 war. The Argentinians laid a lot of mines and did a poor job of recording the minefield locations and boundaries. Clearance operations were being contracted out to people from Zimbabwe an an annual basis. They "proved" their work at the end of the season by playing a soccer game on the cleared area.
In a somewhat bizarre turn of events during the bad old Cold War era I found myself supervising mine clearance operations by then communist Polish troops on the Golan Heights. No soccer games afterwards, but I do have a pic of myself "fraternizing" with my "commie" troops by cracking a bottle of champagne in the field to celebrate their completion of a cleared patrol road on short notice. They were good and dependable soldiers even though we were on opposite sides after the blue berets came off.
awesome
Lead vehicle has just hit a mine, note the lack of manning the vehicle MG in the second vehicle. The only person on guard is so far below the level of the grass that he would only see a bayonet when it actually stuck in his belly. This pretty much sums up the level incompetence in the Porky's army. Worked with them once, they are useless.
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worked with the Portuguese recently and they did not strike me as being the most competent. But then there were also Italians, Hungarians, Romanians, and guard platoon from Moldova, so lots of 2nd and 3rd and 4th tier troops to compare.
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Twin-engine speed machines? I like 'em too.
Mitsubishi Ki-46:
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A very sleek, pretty, fast, and hard-to-intercept aircraft.
1,742 were made. One survives at RAF Cosford.
Mitsubishi Ki-46:
http://4.bp.########.com/-soI8Po2PgIY/Ukl4ndQqMEI/AAAAAAAAHSA/IZxQ-mRGNK8/s1600/Dinah1.jpg
A very sleek, pretty, fast, and hard-to-intercept aircraft.
1,742 were made. One survives at RAF Cosford.
Saw the Lanc years ago but had an opportunity to fly in a B17 when it was in Gimli a couple years ago. What a difference in bomb load capacity, the Lanc looked like it could carry three times the 17's load. Both planes were a great experience and hats off to the guys that flew them.
Nearly as twice as much in terms of raw payload, Lancaster B.I - III as compared to the B-17F. The difference in practical payload is even more marked. For example, the B-17F could carry a six 1,600 lb bombs but the Lancaster could carry six 2,000 lb bombs plus another three 250 lb bombs, or up to 14 x 1,000 lb bombs.
Since you brought it up ....
I was changing a gas meter in a small BC town and I noticed a headstone in the family garden. Looking at it, I recognized the crest of the RLI (Rhodesian Light Infantry) and I asked about the story. A son of the family went back to Rhodesia after highschool graduation when it was fighting against communist insurgents. He was KIA and the family received nothing more than a notice from the gov't. The headstone was his memorial.
It broke his mother's heart, but the father was proud of his son and his level of commitment.
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