Hey Dan, thanks for recommending this book. I will try to find it. I'd like to recommend a book by Martin Middlebrook, titled The Schweinfurt-Regensburg...
Gentlemen: For those of you who are flying a B-17 G, here is a very simple B-17G Combat Board. It is located in the Files section under B17GCombatBoard. ...
A new enemy unit has arrived in the MTO. It's Jagdgeschwader 700, an experienced fictional German fighter unit. More information about JG 700 can be found in...
Does our intelegence office know about this new unit so we can be informed of it's whereabouts in our next mission? After all we all do need to know "where...
Listmates: Here is the info I promised about the B-17 Special Issue published by The Boardgamer. The magazine is printed on thick paper in black and white. ...
I sent this last night but haven't seen it come through yet so here it is again: player: Shaun Edley email: sedley@... plane: Bewitched squad: 317th ...
All, All the results are in, including the group spare results (flown by me). It looks like we did well, only losing 1 plane during the landings, and...
Hmm, yes... co-author, that is what is says, and that word give me too much credit. The article is all Mr. Cundiff's and the maps are made by Mr. Shaun Sayer,...
Captain, I don't know if S-2 knows anything about this unit. All I know is that the 399th might have encountered it on our last mission to Piraeus, but it has...
... So Captain, is this another one of those ghost conformations? After all the 399th thought they saw them, the S-2 doesn't even know about it, and if the...
Aw, shoot, let 'em send the best dang pilots in the Luftwaffe! We'll show 'em the best lead America's got t' offer! Shoot 'em all down n' end th'war that much...
... Like they said in the Civil War Lt. You haven't seen the elephant yet eh? Those of us that have, are a little bit more cautious as to how we think the...
Shucks, Cap'n. Just t'day we had five 109's buzzin' like hornets after ya whack th'nest with a stick. We were at 10,000 feet down two engines, two crewmen, one...
Shucks, Cap'n. Just t'day we had five 109's buzzin' like hornets after ya whack th'nest with a stick. We were at 10,000 feet down two engines, two crewmen, one...
Thursday, 13 January 1944 Time: 18:00 To all 88th BG (H) Personnel: Men, the weather is starting to clear up again. All passes are canceled and all squadrons...
... 109's are nothing compared to the 190's. After all when you have a fighter that is coming at you with a cannon instead of a machine gun it makes life a...
Mission Report – Guidonia Airfield, Italy B-17F-50-B0 (42-11759) Darla's Bit e Wow, our first mission was a breeze! The run to the target was good, resulting...
Elephants or alligators or camels, I sure hope that it's just a rumor, but what we met on the Piraeus mission was not SNAFU. It could have been a unit from JG...
William Northrup walked into the mess tent, and found Jed Baker sitting alone, a cup of coffee in front of him. They spend a few minutes talking over the...
Gentlemen: The Tuskegee Airmen. A suggestion that I have. Please feel free to comment and use it if you'd like. More under Files, Folders, 332nd FG. ... Magnus...
On Target: 60%. Few problems other than number 2 engine running too hot. Will get chief to look at it. Captain Amoore Silver Spoon 317th BS/ 88th BG (H)...
He hadn't slept at all last night, tossing and turning. He'd wrestled with it, looked at it from every possible angle and he was still unsure about what to do....
Milton Forrest in a bad mood was something to see. Arrogant and haughty at the best of times, Forrest was unanimously disliked by all. Angry, he pushed those...
Player Name: Steven Williams Player e-mail: ocsdresdep@... Plane Name: Longhorn Lady Squadron: 318th Mission: 14 Target City: Florence, Italy Did the...