Interesting WWII video. Spitfire converted for photo reconnaissance.
Jun 9, 2013 12:16:58 #
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Jun 9, 2013 15:57:40 #
pounder35 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY
Thanks pounder35! That was a great story. It is such a shame that we are losing all the WWII vets. Think of the stories that will die with them.
Jun 9, 2013 16:55:28 #
krgatlgm wrote:
Thanks pounder35! That was a great story. It is such a shame that we are losing all the WWII vets. Think of the stories that will die with them.
What was amazing to me is the pilot had never seen the film before. You could tell he was tearing up. And flying over Berlin without backup and no guns......I loved it when he had the cigarette in his mouth after the crash landing and he didn't even smoke. My Dad has some Kodachromes somewhere when he was in air rescue in Vietnam and he claims he didn't even have a camera but I've seen the slides. If I find them I'll scan them and post them. Probably taken around 1963. :thumbup:
Jun 9, 2013 18:21:45 #
pounder35 wrote:
What was amazing to me is the pilot had never seen the film before. You could tell he was tearing up. And flying over Berlin without backup and no guns......I loved it when he had the cigarette in his mouth after the crash landing and he didn't even smoke. My Dad has some Kodachromes somewhere when he was in air rescue in Vietnam and he claims he didn't even have a camera but I've seen the slides. If I find them I'll scan them and post them. Probably taken around 1963. :thumbup:
I'll look forward to seeing them!!!
Jun 9, 2013 18:52:18 #
Wabbit
Loc: Arizona Desert
pounder35 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY
Hey Doc ..... excellent find .....
Jun 9, 2013 21:22:18 #
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Thanks pounder, that is great.
Thanks pounder, that is great.
Jun 10, 2013 06:03:34 #
Jun 10, 2013 06:14:13 #
pounder35 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY
Astounding. An iconic airplane for me. Wonderful to see a human connection to the legend of the plane, more so the legend of the rarely heard pilot!
Jun 10, 2013 06:31:24 #
Radioman
Loc: Ontario Canada
pounder35 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY
Doug Hall, a Prof at the college I taught at, flew one of the eggshell blue Spitfire recon planes during WW2. He said that the biggest danger when flying over 30K was the Oxy regulator freezing up. Several pilots had this happen and, as he put it, "flew on into the big blue beyond". His solution was to have a paper with a series of simple math problems - and the answer - he would do a problem and if his answer did not match the one on the paper, he would hammer the Oxygen regulator.
The guns were taken out to reduce weight and allow the plane to fly higher.
Jun 10, 2013 07:52:24 #
Jun 10, 2013 08:40:45 #
That was Terrific Pounder=Loved it. The guy seemed so suttle in the beginning, you could see the excitement building in his eyes as the story unfolded. Great stuff!!!!!!!!! He still knew his airplanes, Amazing Man-----& remembered all the names.
Jun 10, 2013 09:23:16 #
pounder35 wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ie3SrjLlcUY
Thanks for that. It's amazing they were able to locate the pilot and show him the film that he had never seen.
Jun 10, 2013 11:56:00 #
Very interesting. I've worked on producing a couple of books about vets, a couple who were POWs. Limited number of copies going to family members, but copies were also sent to a couple of museums.
Jun 10, 2013 13:00:39 #
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