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A fascinating story from the early days of W.W.II and papers 'not to be taken into the air'.

http://www.powerglidertaifun.de/Taifun_ ... an1940.htm

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James K

"Switch on the underwater landing lights"
Emilio Largo, Thunderball.

www.VintageAeroWriter.com

JDK,
Thanks so much for posting this. It's another one of those 'little items' that few know about that actually had an opportunity to alter history if only it had been interpreted correctly.

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

James...Thanks for making today another "learn something new" day. Much appreciated.

Mudge the educable

ps. The fact that this memorial was/is paid for and maintained by the local residents brings to mind the memorials all over the Normandy area that honor the allied troops that liberated the towns. I didn't see one town that didn't have a memorial of some description. All paid for and maintained by the people of that particular town.

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Land of the free because of the brave

Thanks for posting. Good to see that the Europeans refuse to forget even the small details of a world changing time.

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Better is the enemy of Good.

When I was jumpseating to go to work, I was reading the book "Whirlwind" about the air war against Japan. The passenger sitting next to me asked about it and I told her it was a World War Two aviation history book. She looked at me and asked 'what's world war two?' I quietly and quickly put in my earplugs to avoid further interaction.

I'm glad someone is able to remember

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"According to the map, we've only gone 4 inches."

Should have told her it was the group Lady Gagme sang with before hitting it big

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

Just a sidenote:
Who ever tried to burn folders that have to be destroyed (I had to, several trunks full), will know those bl**** bastards will not burn. Not half, not even a quarter as good as you might expect. Toss a folder in a fire, and he will laugh at you, for your willing him to burn. OK, cover pages might be unreadable, but what´s about pages 10 to 50 of 60? I tried gasoline, waste of effort. What works a bit better is Diesel, let those pages soak, and light the fire. And still.... to make it unrecogniseable, is a lot of work turning them over and let the fire eat them away. Best works, tossing page by page, sheet by sheet into the fire, best lightly crushed in a ball...., but trying to burn secret folders that way is a he!! of a work and needs a lot of time. So if you want to save secret papers, just toss the folders into the fire. Trying to light a folder with some matches is a fools game. Maybe Oberst Reinberger should have just eaten them......

Michael

P.S.: If you doubt my words, just try yourself. Light a good burning fire, and take last years mail order catalog, best one with several hundred pages, and when the fire is burnt down the next day, have a look at the catalog. Well, not better than new, but at least readable. And: those sheets burn even better than straight paper, due to paint and kind of paper.