The EXPLOSIONS in to The Battle Of Britain - Storm Of War.....

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by swiss

S.o. told me once they calculate about 3crews until you have write off the tank, sounds about right. I talked to an Israeli who joined the IDF after the war, their job was to scratch the former crews from the walls - the tank itself was fine tho(or fixable)

i have heard a similar story. from an australian who served in vietnam. he talked about him or collegues of his having to clean out the inside of tanks of human remains, sounded rather gruesome

i always presumed the tank would have been disabled or destroyed to, and found it odd they would get soldiers to clean the inside of the tanks where people had been killed (other then maybe removing dead bodies for funerals and identification etc)

never thought they'd be reusing the same tank again later with a new crew

[Skoshi Tiger]

In the viet nam era book, "Flight of the Intruder" (made into a film of the same name) The new pilot jumps into the cockpit of a plane only to find that eventhough they had fixed up the damage, they hadn't cleaned it out after the previous crew had been shot up!

Not sure if it's realistic, but hey it makes for a good story.

cheers!

[janpitor]

Once a czechoslovak pilot (dont remember the name) flew his spitfire back home above the channel, when he spotted a lancaster fighting with four messerschmidts. He saved the lanc in a long dogfight, but got shot. He managed to land the spit on his base, but died immediately due to excessive bleeding

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

In the viet nam era book, "Flight of the Intruder" (made into a film of the same name) The new pilot jumps into the cockpit of a plane only to find that eventhough they had fixed up the damage, they hadn't cleaned it out after the previous crew had been shot up!

Not sure if it's realistic, but hey it makes for a good story.

cheers!