I have no idea why I cannot capitalize WWII (in my Title) but I sure would never NOT capitalize it I don't see many worthwhile articles/ads on my Firefox Browser's "new tab" page but this one really caught my eye. Thought some of you history buffs, and/or military folks would like to read about this, even if you already knew about it I didn't and it gave me a real rush to hear about one of America's best, both man & beast!! https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...ways-ruled-the-skies?utm_source=pocket-newtab
You have to leave spaces, @Denise Happyfeet . Each new word is set to automatically capitalize, so when you put the letters all together, it sees it as all one word. So like this (-W-W-2-) and then it makes the capitals properly.
The P-47 was a formidable fighter as was the P-52. I've seen both while in the Air Force, but not in action, of course.
That must have been so neat to see them @Lois Winters Whoever that was that wrote that article did a good job, definitely got my attention Thank you for your service to America btw!! I haven't met very, many women that were in the service. One of our Admin. downstairs was in the service, but I don't know which branch. I thought it was so cool to know that one of my fave "Goldengirls", Bea Arther was also in the service!
When I was in elementary school, we had cards like baseball cards, but of WWII airplanes and more modern planes of the time (late 40s & early 50s). They might have influenced me to join the Air Force for all I know.
2 people here that were in the Air Force, I wondered if anyone would reply to the topic!! I'll bet your interest in those cards did influence you. I had a man in my life that was Air Force, and if I get this right, he was a "flight technician", and he was with the Thunderbirds at Nellis Air Force Base, NV. I don't know how long, or remember that much about his service. He was working at Air National Guard when I met him out country dancing up around Portland/Troutdale OR
Or like this, WWII. I haven't seen much on World War 2 that used numerals. Maybe it was due to paper press type setting that had an impact and not our computers of today.
My uncle was a Spitfire pilot. I never got to meet the man. I imagine he flew alongside a few P-47s, or at least they passed each other to/from missions. This is his commemorative RAF watch:
Actually, there were a number of outstanding fighters from many countries during WWII. Some of the best pilots of fighter planes were Polish as they'd had extensive experience with fighting the Germans in the skies. The book, A Question Of Honor, about the Kosciuszko Squadron who fought alongside the RAF pilots and also taught them a thing or two is worth reading. They were daring and sometimes crazy, but got results.
I read that book. If I remember correctly, they were trained by Americans initially as a thank you for Pulaski's service in the American Revolution. Because of their inferior planes and being short on ammunition in comparison to the Germans, they developed tactics to compensate like strafing the enemy only at close distance to be more effective. There was a British made movie about the Battle of Britain a while back that had a segment telling of the involvement of the Poles. I believe one of the British bases they used was Northholt.
thank you for the book title Lois, I'd like to read it. I buy my books on Kindle, and I'll see if it's listed. I love buying them their since I can both share them with other's that have Kindle Reader (maybe other readers as well) but I don't have to hold a heavy book, and I can see sooo much better to read They always have a preview/sample to read as well in case I don't think I want to buy the book. I will look today for sure! It sounds interesting for sure, especially the daring and crazy stuff!! PS I've got it @Lois Winters
I'm going to try and find the movie/video Ed, thank you! I read the definition of strafing, am I getting it right that they would attack the enemies while they are still on the ground?