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August 17, 1943

Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:23 am

the 68th anniversary of the Regensberg/Schweinfurt raids on Black Thursday-

Re: August 17, 1943

Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:48 am

Truly a rough month for the heavies over Festung Europa. :(

Re: August 17, 1943

Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:55 pm

This is the anniversary of the first Raid.

The second raid was on Oct. 14, 1943 and was BLACK THURSDAY.

My Dad was on both and Oct. 14th was TEXAS RAIDERS' return to flight in 2009.

SPANNER

Re: August 17, 1943

Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:27 pm

The Inspector wrote:the 68th anniversary of the Regensberg/Schweinfurt raids on Black Thursday-


August 17, 1943 was a Tuesday.

TM

Re: August 17, 1943

Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:28 pm

Nice to remember.Spanner, you are lucky to be here,but you probably already knew that.The best to you, my friend.HANG

Re: August 17, 1943

Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:30 pm

Hey!, I just posted number one thousand. On to 2000.

Re: August 17, 1943

Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:38 pm

hang the expense wrote:Hey!, I just posted number one thousand. On to 2000.

Congratulations HTE!!! :supz:

And I was there! :lol:

Care to start any rumours about B-17 or P-40 projects?

SPANNER the muck raker
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