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  1. M

    Eastman A2 versus Gibson Barnes A2

    I think he's saying that the workmanship is top notch. I know the one I owned and others I've seen were always well made and solid.
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    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Big J: Friends of mine told me that if you are in China and want to break the ice with people there, just bring up the Flying Tigers. The Chinese love that unit! One thing about the Japanese, Germans and the end of the war everyone has to keep in mind is summed up in some dialogue in the movie...
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    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Since the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid is 18 April, here's an interesting article about what happened to the Chinese after they helped the Airmen: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/untold-story-vengeful-japanese-attack-doolittle-raid-180955001/?no-ist
  4. M

    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Anyone interested in this subject needs to check out "Hell To Pay - Operation Downfall" by DM Giangreco. They weren't gonna surrender.
  5. M

    Eastman Leather Clothing USAAF B-3 Flying Jacket, Perry Sportswear 17808 Mixed Batch

    And you just won the internet for the day with that post. :D
  7. M

    False Valor/ Walter Mitty

    Like others here, the only patches on my jackets are my own squadron patches.
  8. M

    Red Tails. Fact or Fiction?

    That's not accurate. http://www.redtail.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/The-Tuskegee-Airmen-and-the-Never-Lost-a-Bomber-Myth.pdf
  9. M

    Red Tails. Fact or Fiction?

    I read a report about the Red Tails that said depending on how you might want look at it, they were either one of the best or one of the worst squadrons in the USAAF. Either way, they were no better or worse then the all white squadrons.
  10. M

    Iwo Jima Survivor Documentary

    I heard a lecture from a gent that was a 1LT with the USMC. He was in the third wave heading into Iwo Jima. First of all, he kidded that if he knew there were 10000+ machine gun emplacements, he'd have gone on sick call. He said it was cold, so he had on a skivvy tshirt, a Penn State...
  11. M

    Just when you think you'd heard the worst of it ...

    Which is a reason why the US didn't dump a nuke on Tokyo. They knew that Hirohito was the only one that could really end the war.
  13. M

    Nazi Plane Tailfin

    I read something along those lines once before. Some German town was schwacked, people are hungry, GIs have food, money, etc and love souvenirs. Local industry makes insignia for the Wehrmacht and people probably put two and two together and it added up to "One Assault badge for three cans of spam."
  14. M

    B-3, Gibson & Barnes

    I sent an email to G&B about their B-3 and asked for more photos other than what was on the site. Got a reply today. Sent the same pic on their website. :):rolleyes:
  15. M

    What do price range do these jackets sell for, in your area, used?

    I'd google "leather" or "leather repairs" or something along those lines for the city/town you live in. There might be someone close that deals with it.
  16. M

    1930s Cavalry- Mechanized and Horse

    One of the older loadmasters in my squadron had a father in the US Army back in the 1930s and thru WW2. One of the shooting disciplines he was taught was something called, "Snap shooting". He said it was shooting from horseback.
  17. M

    B-3, Gibson & Barnes

    I didn't think the body of theie USAAF B-3 was much shorter than other companies.
  19. M

    Joseph Gordon-Levitt buys pristine 1940's Home

    Nice looking shack.
  20. M

    Aero B-6

    How's the fit of an Aero B-6 compared to a ELC B-6? I tried an ELC B-6 and it was just too trim at the "darts" in the back. Plus, that leather was REALLY stiff. My wife said it looked good on me unzip. When it was zipped up, it looked like a "woman's jacket" since it was fitted in the back.
  21. M

    repairs to my 1944 Denison Smock

    Damn, that's a neat job. Master tailors are hard to find but when you do, they can really make a difference.
  22. M

    Physiological problems of bomber crews in the eighth air force during wwii

    A good book to check out is "Masters of the Air" about the 8th AF. I think this is the book that Hanks/Spielberg are basing their AAF miniseries on (at least one of the books).
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    Physiological problems of bomber crews in the eighth air force during wwii

    And he put the flare under his arm, unlatched the table, and then continued to the pilots window. Yeah, being on fire must have slowed him down, but I think what really slowed him down were his gigantic testicles. I've seen flares fail to eject from the flare bucket and burn in place outside...

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