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Title: Happy V-E Day
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 08, 2015, 07:20:39 AM: 70 years ago today.

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Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: jim in anchorage on May 08, 2015, 08:30:10 AM: Can you imagine being in times square on VE day? There is no time or place I'd rather be.
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: K Frame on May 08, 2015, 02:23:03 PM: I just got back from the flyover in DC.

It was incredible!

Was disappointed not to see either a Hellcat or a Thunderbolt, but all in all, pretty amazing.
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: SADShooter on May 08, 2015, 02:29:16 PM: Quote from: jim in anchorage on May 08, 2015, 08:30:10 AM
Can you imagine being in times square on VE day? There is no time or place I'd rather be.

Got to believe the combination of relief and jubilation made for some epic crowd energy.
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 08, 2015, 03:44:36 PM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on May 08, 2015, 02:23:03 PM
I just got back from the flyover in DC.

It was incredible!

Was disappointed not to see either a Hellcat or a Thunderbolt, but all in all, pretty amazing.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/world-war-ii-era-plane-makes-emergency-landing/story?id=30908490

Mustang?
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: RocketMan on May 08, 2015, 03:48:18 PM: Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bomber. GHW Bush bailed out of one of those in WWII.

ETA: The TBF was built by Grumman. GM built the Avenger under license from Grumman during the war, and it was called the TBM to differentiate it from the Grumman-built TBF. Essentially the same plane.
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: K Frame on May 08, 2015, 03:59:27 PM: They had what looked like an A-6 Texan circling out near the airport. My guess is that it was the in-air controller for the flyover.

One guy looked at it and started babbling about it being a Mitsubishi Zero.

Just rolled my eyes...

Also the first time I ever saw and SBD Dauntless airborn.
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: jim in anchorage on May 08, 2015, 07:58:20 PM: Quote from: SADShooter on May 08, 2015, 02:29:16 PM
Got to believe the combination of relief and jubilation made for some epic crowd energy.
To be followed by VJ day. Must have been incredible times to live in.
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: RocketMan on May 09, 2015, 12:40:14 AM: Quote from: jim in anchorage on May 08, 2015, 07:58:20 PM
To be followed by VP day. Must have been incredible times to live in.

Yep, we love to celebrate our Vice Presidents. ;)
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: jim in anchorage on May 09, 2015, 05:46:37 AM: Quote from: RocketMan on May 09, 2015, 12:40:14 AM
Yep, we love to celebrate our Vice Presidents. ;)
All right I fixed it wise guy.
Title: Re: Happy V-E Day
Post by: cambeul41 on May 10, 2015, 07:15:29 PM: I remember hearing the announcement of the victory in Europe on the radio, not the words, but the scene. My mother and grandmother suddenly became very excited and ran out of the house. People were running out of all the houses, laughing and crying. Even those who did not like each other were sharing hugs.

I asked my mother what it all meant. She said, "It means all the daddies can come home!"