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Lucky Six
27th Jul 2014, 09:40
I hope this URL works otherwise just cut and paste into your web browser.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1723870789084
Peter-RB
27th Jul 2014, 18:50
Where in the US is Freeman Field ?
Kieron Kirk
27th Jul 2014, 19:16
Seymour, Indiana (IN).
"Air Technical Service Command", Foreign Aircraft Evaluation Center.
Thanks for the link, what an amazing sight-Ar234, Hs219, Me163, Me410 and a Ju290 landing.
www.freemanfield.org/images/data/freeman_field_history.htm
Ciarain.
Ian Burgess-Barber
27th Jul 2014, 19:36
This is a stunning post! How did they get all those rare, captured German A/C over to the US so quickly? Great to see - and combined with a Glenn Miller soundtrack - PFM
Ian BB
goudie
27th Jul 2014, 19:47
How did they get all those rare, captured German A/C over to the US so quickly?
Just coming to the end of reading 'Wings On My Sleeve' by Captain 'winkle' Brown and I was surprised by the amount of Luftwaffe a/c that were captured and then flown by him in the UK, so soon after the war. The USA obviously had similar opportunities,
ps Great music
Kieron Kirk
27th Jul 2014, 19:54
"The USA obviously had similar opportunities,"
War Prizes- Phil Butler- Midland Counties- ISBN 0 0904597 86 5.
ABE Books are a good source for this first edition.
Ciarain.
Rosevidney1
27th Jul 2014, 22:04
The star of the show for me was the B-32 Dominator. The song ' I'll be looking at the moon and I'll be seeing you' must have been penned by the world's worst astronomer!
' I'll be looking at the moon and I'll be seeing you' must have been penned by the world's worst astronomer!
"There was a young lady from Flint,
Who had the most terrible squint.
With one of her eyes,
She could scan the whole skies,
While the other was reading small print."
Lear, I think.
Enough thread drift. 10:38 of wonderful and rare footage. I wonder what became of the captured aircraft. It would be nice to think they're all in a museum somewhere, but I doubt it.