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  1. OpanaPointer

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    "The Sd.Kfz.2 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) was a German half-track motorcycle with a single front wheel. Shown here pulling a trailer in Russia; 1943. The Sd.Kkz.2 was used to lay communication cables, pull heavy loads, carry soldiers through mud, as runway tugs for aircraft, and as post war farm tractors."

    The Three Stooges had a bit where a French-designed two-man tank was being used to plow fields. The ground pressure was probably less than a steam tractor.
     
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    That’s awesome!
     
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    19th September 1944: the first unsuccessful but heroic attack on the Nijmegen Bridge. U.S. Airborne receive their final instructions as they prepare to move off to battle, in a bid to capture the Dutch city of Arnhem,
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    I wonder who remembers one of these in Saving Private Ryan?
     
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    This is the most famous, thanks to Cornelius Ryan, but hardly the only.(Priller's wingman was right there with him strafing).

    The Germans flew some 300 sorties against the June 6th Normandy invasion.
     
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    And Lucius Malfoy too!
     
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    "USS Kasaan Bay seen from USS Mission Bay and USS Tulagi following, 31 May 1944. The carriers had sailed from New York and were ferrying aircraft to North Africa. All wear MS 32 Design 4A camouflage scheme. Aircraft in the foreground are different models of Republic P-47 Thunderbolt."

    Sequencing is fubar.
     
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    "Sergeant De Sales A Glover of the 458th Bomb Group poses next to his ship Big Time Operator with his waist gun and ammunition. He had completed six missions with the group and won an Air Medal before authorities discovered he was only 16 years old, at which point he was honorably discharged."

    I was younger than that the first time I swung a .50. Gunny "Myagi" hovered close.
     
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    "B-17 41-24537 Talisman of 5th AF 43rd BG, 63rd BS at Mareeba The Pacific Wrecks website has a great summary of this fine aircraft. Pacific Wrecks."
     
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    "Tribal class destroyer HMS Somali at sea, March 1942 [1300 x 998]."
     
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    "Decommissioned B-17G, restoration in progress. Planes of Fame Air Museum. [4247 x 2826]"
     
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    "Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters of the 43rd Pursuit Squadron in patrol over Trinidad, probably based at Waller Field. 1942. (960x717)"
     
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    "Warship plan - 2nd class 90-gun screw ship-of-the-line Napoleon 1850 [4224x2550]."
     
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    "USS Santee (ACV-29) Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless scout-bombers and Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters on the ship’s flight deck during Operation Torch, the November 1942 .[1272x700]"

    ...snug...
     
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    I recall there were bomber flights high abve but were there other fighter pilots fllying over the beaches during V-Day? Please details if possible incl names. Just curious.Thanx!
     
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    Josef "Pips" Priller was a German World War II fighter ace. He has become famous because of the publicity regarding his Focke-Wulf's Fw 190A-8's single strafing pass attack on Sword Beach on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), accompanied by his wingman Herbert Huppertz. This act was first brought to the world's attention by the book, and then the film, The Longest Day. Contrary to popular belief, Priller and his wingman were not the only Luftwaffe forces to attack the beachhead on 6 June 1944. A Luftwaffe bomber unit Kampfgeschwader 54 made several attacks on the British beachheads on D-Day. Priller was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

     
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    Having trouble downloading pic. I’ll try again later. Sorry.

    Dang, see below!
     
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    George Patton and an M-2 tank somewhere and sometime in 1942.
     
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    That's Tunisia I believe.
     
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