True Story B-17

[Riceball]

Thanks for sharing that. It's amazing to me how much respect enemy soldiers can have for one another, even during war. I would love to see a video of the first time the two pilots met. Even though I'd probably be crying like a school girl.

Orders are orders, but you still have to be able to look at yourself in the mirror when it's all over.

[bsmith13]

Originally Posted by haitch40

i have a story about a p47

this guy in the p47 was shot up by fw190s and thought he'd be dead any second he then couldn't bail and on top of that a german ace used all his ammo shooting the p47 but somehow this guy got home

That happened to Bob Johnson. In addition to seeing it on "Dogfights", you can read about it in his biography: Thunderbolt.

That story about the B-17 is a really good one. Thanks for posting it.

[Rickenbacker]

Originally Posted by haitch40

i have a story about a p47

this guy in the p47 was shot up by fw190s and thought he'd be dead any second he then couldn't bail and on top of that a german ace used all his ammo shooting the p47 but somehow this guy got home

That was Robert S Johnson, the story is told in full in his book "Thunderbolt".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Johnson

[mcgee1516]

After looking at that picture I've just realized something. The spiral nose cone on the 109. After watching recent trailers I've noticed few of the 109s depicted had a similar nose cone design but they seem to just be painted on circles, not swirls like in the picture and here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z71gYnaGyb8

Was it particularly difficult to animate this certain feature Anton? Just curious, Thanks.

[mcgee1516]

at about 0:48 and 0:58 is where I'm thinking......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7nkHNBh4ZU

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by mcgee1516

at about 0:48 and 0:58 is where I'm thinking......

is this going to be the games opening movie?

[guiltyspark]

This was back in the days when there was honor in being a warrior...they proudly wore uniforms, and they didn't hide in ambush inside a mosque, or behind women and children, nor did they use mentally retarded women as suicide bombers to target and kill innocent civilians...how times have changed......







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