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TR273

TR273

Pirate Fox Mom
Skittles said:
But without a doubt! My favourite wartime story came from a little old lady of 99 who I worked in a charity shop with( She'd be 108 now bless her) who was a nurse during the war. She recalled in perfect clarity watching a V1 buzzbomb making it's way across the channel towards my home town and then watching as a RAF pilot came out of nowhere. Flew alongside this bloody bomb and then used his wingtips to flip it into the sea before going off again to rejoin the aerial battle. .. I am still awestruck.
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Mine was an account given by the defenders of Malta to one of the relief ship captains.
During the siege our submarines were docked in a shallow bay and every time the air raid sirens would go the crews would just submerge them in an effort to keep them safe. For some reason the sub bay was never attacked and when a German pilot bailed out and was captured he was asked 'Why don't you bomb the subs?'
He answered 'Because we are not fools, we know they are just mock ups, your real subs are safe in the caves.'
At that point the sirens sounded and the 'dummy' subs all crash dived.
The Germans face was as they say 'a picture.'
 
Keefur

Keefur

aka Cutter Cat
My father-in-law was stationed in England and flew as a tail gunner on a B-17. He had a sinus condition that made it difficult for him to breath at high altitude and they asked him to have an elective surgery. He refused, so they put him on ground crew. The next flight his plane went on came back without a tail gunner section.
 
Skittles

Skittles

Queen of FaF. Empress of Fløøf.
Keefur said:
My father-in-law was stationed in England and flew as a tail gunner on a B-17. He had a sinus condition that made it difficult for him to breath at high altitude and they asked him to have an elective surgery. He refused, so they put him on ground crew. The next flight his plane went on came back without a tail gunner section.
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Oooof! Lucky call.
 
Niedlich the Folf

Niedlich the Folf

Cute Folf.
I am here alone with no stories to yell and am depressed knowing I'll never get a job.
 
Keefur

Keefur

aka Cutter Cat
My father was held over in the service because of the Korean Conflict. One night, his convoy of ships was passing through a typhoon. He was at the helm of a mine sweeper. The ship got caught by a series of waves and the inclinometer went from a 47 degree list one direction to a 45 degree list the other way as the wave troughs passed. He said the ship should have capsized. They did lose another ship during the storm, but he didn't tell me what it was.

OK. NOW I'm going to go eat.
 
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