World War Two History - Page 2

AVGWarhawk · 02-15-07, 07:18 AM

Man, was he busy or what during the war? Great story! I like the three girl flirting. Maybe your grandmother is not forgiving him for that LOL

Jimbuna · 02-15-07, 09:05 AM

What a fantastic thread tis turning out to be

We should all be so very proud of these people

AVGWarhawk · 02-15-07, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Finback

Great story Warhawk! Thank You for sharing!

Salute!

I got more on this Finback, but I did not want to take up the whole thread. I have the German recorded records of the bombings the day prior and after the 13th. I have pictures of the German pilots that had flown this day. I have the German claims of downed aircraft for the 13th. Also, this action is in a book called 'Contrails of the Big Square A". The book just sold on Ebay for $300.00. The information I was able to provide the 94th found that one of the pictures in the book is labeled incorrectly. Anyway, this book is hard to comeby and when found cost big bucks

. I'm always looking to score the book at a reasonable price!

Boris · 02-16-07, 04:43 AM

bump, no-one else got any?

Slick Rick · 02-16-07, 08:04 AM

Great thread......thanx for sharing these great stories with us....Keep em coming...

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-07, 08:28 AM

Bumb. Come on guys....all you have to do is ask your relatives. They just might surprise you! I know my mom did when I asked. Pulled out a drawer full of information on her brother

Mooncatt · 02-16-07, 09:49 AM

my great great grandad was also in the RAF that flew in a Lancaster bomber but since my Greatgran died all the stories died with her and we dont know what happened to him

my dad was in the RN but he didnt serve in WW11 obviously he did fight the cod war and some others but thats it.

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-07, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Mooncatt

my great great grandad was also in the RAF that flew in a Lancaster bomber but since my Greatgran died all the stories died with her and we dont know what happened to him

my dad was in the RN but he didnt serve in WW11 obviously he did fight the cod war and some others but thats it.

Any records kept from the war depts? Sometimes you can get field he flew from etc. Find out the squad from the records. Got to dig sometimes.

Mooncatt · 02-16-07, 11:01 AM

lol might be a little hard i dont even know his name :rotfl: does it have to be about WW11? my dad has some cracking stories about his service time

Jimbuna · 02-16-07, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mooncatt

lol might be a little hard i dont even know his name :rotfl: does it have to be about WW11? my dad has some cracking stories about his service time

C'mon lets hear them

CNemo · 02-16-07, 12:30 PM

My dad was the eldest son in an Iowa farm family. A couple of years before the war, his dad was killed in a tractor accident on the farm. Money being tight, my dad and one of his buddies left home and "rode the rails (ie: hoboed)" around the country looking for work. Eventually he joined the navy.

While attending a naval school in Chicago he met and married my mom. When he shipped out to the Pacific, she took the train across the country to stay with his sister in Los Angeles.

Fortunately his ship was delayed getting back to Pearl, they were scheduled to be there on 12/07.... He was on the "Lady Lex" - carrier Lexington. When he was first on the Lex they still had bi-planes and their IIRC 5 inch guns. The guns were removed and the planes upgraded. He ended up as a CPO and was a petty officer in the boiler rooms on the Lex.

And then came May and the first battle between 2 naval forces that did not directly spot each other - carrier warfare. During the battle the Lex took four aerial torps in 5-10 minutes. He never talked about what it was like in the boiler rooms during that.... His favorite story was about losing $200 in his locker when the ship went down, yet stopping to help polish off the ship's ice cream supply before going over the side. Sigh (hey, be careful, I'm not conceived yet!). We eventually finished sinking the Lex ourselves, as she was a brightly burning pyre. He was picked up by a tin can, and spent the rest of the war on "wooden-hull subchasers" stationed in the Tonga Islands.

Many years later I had a stepfather who flew air cover for the Army Air Corps out of Australia for the Coral Sea battle - the war touched a whole generation.

A great book on the Lady Lex is called "Queen of the Flattops." The US NAvy site has many photos of the battle (no subs). This is part of why I will go to the Pac in SH4....

<sorry this got so long>

f16falcon · 02-16-07, 12:34 PM

Fantastic stuff!...I have a friend who has a German Flag which was taken off a U-Boat during the war by his father, he still has it to this day..and the flag is blood stained, i saw it and it just blew me away, if only it could talk....wow!

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-07, 12:52 PM

Great history there CNEMO

CNemo · 02-16-07, 03:45 PM

ok AVG, BUMP!

AVGWarhawk · 02-16-07, 04:12 PM

@CNEMO

Do you have an pics or anything tucked away in box somewhere from him?

02-15-07, 07:18 AM	#16
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Man, was he busy or what during the war? Great story! I like the three girl flirting. Maybe your grandmother is not forgiving him for that LOL __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-15-07, 09:05 AM	#17
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	What a fantastic thread tis turning out to be We should all be so very proud of these people __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-16-07, 08:04 AM	#20
Slick Rick Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Whats left of Florida Posts: 396 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Great thread......thanx for sharing these great stories with us....Keep em coming... __________________ Wasserbomb!!!!

02-16-07, 08:28 AM	#21
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Bumb. Come on guys....all you have to do is ask your relatives. They just might surprise you! I know my mom did when I asked. Pulled out a drawer full of information on her brother __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-16-07, 09:49 AM	#22
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	my great great grandad was also in the RAF that flew in a Lancaster bomber but since my Greatgran died all the stories died with her and we dont know what happened to him my dad was in the RN but he didnt serve in WW11 obviously he did fight the cod war and some others but thats it. __________________

02-16-07, 04:43 AM	#19
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	bump, no-one else got any?

02-16-07, 11:01 AM	#24
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	lol might be a little hard i dont even know his name :rotfl: does it have to be about WW11? my dad has some cracking stories about his service time __________________

02-16-07, 12:30 PM	#26
CNemo Mate Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 57 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Coral Sea My dad was the eldest son in an Iowa farm family. A couple of years before the war, his dad was killed in a tractor accident on the farm. Money being tight, my dad and one of his buddies left home and "rode the rails (ie: hoboed)" around the country looking for work. Eventually he joined the navy. While attending a naval school in Chicago he met and married my mom. When he shipped out to the Pacific, she took the train across the country to stay with his sister in Los Angeles. Fortunately his ship was delayed getting back to Pearl, they were scheduled to be there on 12/07.... He was on the "Lady Lex" - carrier Lexington. When he was first on the Lex they still had bi-planes and their IIRC 5 inch guns. The guns were removed and the planes upgraded. He ended up as a CPO and was a petty officer in the boiler rooms on the Lex. And then came May and the first battle between 2 naval forces that did not directly spot each other - carrier warfare. During the battle the Lex took four aerial torps in 5-10 minutes. He never talked about what it was like in the boiler rooms during that.... His favorite story was about losing $200 in his locker when the ship went down, yet stopping to help polish off the ship's ice cream supply before going over the side. Sigh (hey, be careful, I'm not conceived yet!). We eventually finished sinking the Lex ourselves, as she was a brightly burning pyre. He was picked up by a tin can, and spent the rest of the war on "wooden-hull subchasers" stationed in the Tonga Islands. Many years later I had a stepfather who flew air cover for the Army Air Corps out of Australia for the Coral Sea battle - the war touched a whole generation. A great book on the Lady Lex is called "Queen of the Flattops." The US NAvy site has many photos of the battle (no subs). This is part of why I will go to the Pac in SH4.... <sorry this got so long>

02-16-07, 12:34 PM	#27
f16falcon Loader Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nottinghamshire U.K. Posts: 89 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Fantastic stuff!...I have a friend who has a German Flag which was taken off a U-Boat during the war by his father, he still has it to this day..and the flag is blood stained, i saw it and it just blew me away, if only it could talk....wow!

02-16-07, 12:52 PM	#28
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Great history there CNEMO __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-16-07, 03:45 PM	#29
CNemo Mate Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 57 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	ok AVG, BUMP!

02-16-07, 04:12 PM	#30
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	@CNEMO Do you have an pics or anything tucked away in box somewhere from him? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road