General Apathy Posted August 21, 2012 Share #5301 Posted August 21, 2012 Please enjoy .................. Just found this website not certain that there has been any prior mention of it before on the forum, however it really displays the awesome manufacturing capabilities of North America during WWII http://www.vintagewings.ca:80/VintageNews/...ed-Victory.aspx ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patlee6 Posted August 21, 2012 Share #5302 Posted August 21, 2012 Please enjoy .................. Just found this website not certain that there has been any prior mention of it before on the forum, however it really displays the awesome manufacturing capabilities of North America during WWII http://www.vintagewings.ca:80/VintageNews/...ed-Victory.aspx ken Ken, those pictures of WW2 aircraft production by the Allies are truly awesome. Did you know at the end of 1945 when all servicable aircraft were returned to the USA there were 65,000 aircraft waiting to be scrapped, yes, 65,000!!, and these are the ones they did`nt want to keep. They still had many thousands more that equipped the post war Air Force. By the end of 1947 those 65,000 planes were gone, smelted. Many were flown straight from the production plants to the scrap yard, makes you want to weep. Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 21, 2012 Share #5303 Posted August 21, 2012 Ken, those pictures of WW2 aircraft production by the Allies are truly awesome. Did you know at the end of 1945 when all servicable aircraft were returned to the USA there were 65,000 aircraft waiting to be scrapped, yes, 65,000!!, and these are the ones they did`nt want to keep. They still had many thousands more that equipped the post war Air Force. By the end of 1947 those 65,000 planes were gone, smelted. Many were flown straight from the production plants to the scrap yard, makes you want to weep. Lee. Hi Lee, thanks for those figures on aircraft at the end of WWII, and pleased that you enjoyed the website link and photographs ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 21 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 22, 2012 Share #5304 Posted August 22, 2012 Hi friends and readers, I have been absent from adding much here for the last few days as I got involved with two other topics on the forum and added a couple of items from the shoebox. the first one was ' sabrejet's' topic on USAAF flak helmets :think: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...=152603&hl= The second one was ' Ken88's ' topic on pigeons used by the airborne on D-Day, to which I added about twelve photo's of pigeon equipment and links to further pigeon / airborne / D-Day information. :think: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...=152895&hl= both turned out to be interesting topics with photographs and information ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 22 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted August 22, 2012 Share #5305 Posted August 22, 2012 We forgive you Ken! :hug: Both of those topics were worth the wait.......NOW, are were you when you left us hanging?? :evilgrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5306 Posted August 24, 2012 We forgive you Ken! :hug: Both of those topics were worth the wait.......NOW, where were you when you left us hanging?? :evilgrin: Hi JS, I have been more active around the house and garden trying to get jobs done as the nights are getting shorter, the sun is getting weaker, the winter is approaching so I haven't made it out and about to take any photo's or make any reports. However I just delved into the shoebox and thought I would show something a little diverse, this item interests me for two reasons, first off it's running into the WWII period, secondly in partnership with my brother we used to sell cookies and bread products. On one of my trips to the States I picked up this waxed bread wrapper in an antique mall, it has Koesters Baking Company, Baltimore, MD, patented July 15 1935. funny what I collected outside of the regular o.d. stuff ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5307 Posted August 24, 2012 Ken...man cannot live by bread wrappers alone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5308 Posted August 24, 2012 Ken...man cannot live by bread wrappers alone! dough, lets slice and wrap this one up now yeast it gets out of hand I have busted my ' buns ' trying to get that sentence to work, needed a little more yeast maybe to raise it a little. Monty Python has a whole generation to answer for ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5309 Posted August 24, 2012 dough, lets slice and wrap this one up now yeast it gets out of hand I have busted my ' buns ' trying to get that sentence to work, needed a little more yeast maybe to raise it a little. Monty Python has a whole generation to answer for ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Use your loaf Ken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5310 Posted August 24, 2012 Sandwich me silly and call me Willy, but that's a mighty interesting topic! (Thought I'd give it a shot myself too.) Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5311 Posted August 24, 2012 Use your loaf Ken! Hell Ian that's a mouldy old qoute, quite stale if you ask me ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5312 Posted August 24, 2012 Sandwich me silly and call me Willy, but that's a mighty interesting topic! (Thought I'd give it a shot myself too.) Erwin Erwin, your toast :pinch: But thanks for joining ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5313 Posted August 24, 2012 Ken...here's a British classic for you. Remember?! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5314 Posted August 24, 2012 Erwin, your toast :pinch: But thanks for joining ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 RYE are you giving him such a bad time. WHEAT til I Kick your PUMPERNICKEL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5315 Posted August 24, 2012 RYE are you giving him such a bad time. WHEAT til I Kick your PUMPERNICKEL! Shame on you JS! I always thought you were well-bread...I mean bred!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5316 Posted August 24, 2012 Ken...here's a British classic for you. Remember?! :thumbsup: Hi Ian, you might recall that I don't have a television so thanks for that link as I have never seen the advert before, nice one. One of my parents favourite places to visit was the ancient village of Shaftesbury and the steep hill in the town called ' Golds Hill ' where the 1973 Hovis advert was filmed by ( Sir ) Ridley Scott. The American forces had several camps around Shaftesbury, The Coombe House Hotel (AAF-523) during WWII was used by the US 8th Air Force Service Command Recuperation Centre. (Aka the ‘Flak Shack’) Now known as St Mary’s Convent ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5317 Posted August 24, 2012 Shame on you JS! I always thought you were well-bread...I mean bred!! Ian, stop trying to butter him up ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5318 Posted August 24, 2012 Hi Ian, you might recall that I don't have a television so thanks for that link as I have never seen the advert before, nice one. One of my parents favourite places to visit was the ancient village of Shaftesbury and the steep hill in the town called ' Golds Hill ' where the 1973 Hovis advert was filmed by ( Sir ) Ridley Scott. The American forces had several camps around Shaftesbury, The Coombe House Hotel (AAF-523) during WWII was used by the US 8th Air Force Service Command Recuperation Centre. (Aka the ‘Flak Shack’) Now known as St Mary’s Convent ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Thought you might have seen it before you shipped-out for la belle France! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5319 Posted August 24, 2012 Shame on you JS! I always thought you were well-bread...I mean bred!! I'm just trying to get Ken out of a JAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 24, 2012 Share #5320 Posted August 24, 2012 I'm just trying to get Ken out of a JAM. Hi JS, I think I can get out of the jam by mentioning a good link to a topic started by Sabrejet about US Army transportation systems, in the few moments relating to WWII I spotted US vehicles and tanks moving through the towns and villages of Dorset to the embarkation port of Weymouth and eventually the beaches of Normandy. I have added a link about Bridport and the US 1st Inf. Div., and also two photo's of the Weymouth clock tower that can be seen in Sabrejets link. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...p;#entry1156768 ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 24 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted August 29, 2012 Share #5321 Posted August 29, 2012 Ken...I remember reading a memoir of a native of Weymouth who lived in a seafront property with his family as a young lad during the war. He said that in the days before what turned out to be D-day, there were lots of troop movements along the promenade, often at night or in the wee small hours. Though sorely tempted, he couldn't peek out to see what was going on as the blinds were drawn due to the blackout. However, he learned to differentiate between the British/Commonwealth and American troops who marched by his house by the sounds of their marching feet. The Brits with their "ammo boots" made a crisp crunch-crunch as they marched along, whereas the Yanks went thud-thud, due to their rubber-soled boots! True story! Actually, there's a famous series of pics, which I'm sure you're aware of, showing US troops (Rangers?) marching in formation along Weymouth seafront. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted August 29, 2012 Share #5322 Posted August 29, 2012 Ken...I remember reading a memoir of a native of Weymouth who lived in a seafront property with his family as a young lad during the war. He said that in the days before what turned out to be D-day, there were lots of troop movements along the promenade, often at night or in the wee small hours. Though sorely tempted, he couldn't peek out to see what was going on as the blinds were drawn due to the blackout. However, he learned to differentiate between the British/Commonwealth and American troops who marched by his house by the sounds of their marching feet. The Brits with their "ammo boots" made a crisp crunch-crunch as they marched along, whereas the Yanks went thud-thud, due to their rubber-soled boots! True story! Actually, there's a famous series of pics, which I'm sure you're aware of, showing US troops (Rangers?) marching in formation along Weymouth seafront. Hi Ian, yes I remember a lady that I knew who was very fond of the American forces and used to take part in concert evenings at the local American base. She related to me that in 1942 she remembered the American troops arriving in her town, an entire regiment arrived by train and they marched from the station to the old British camp on the outskirts of the town that had been given over to the American forces, and they were almost silent in their march compared to the studded British boots. Also from the same town a chappie that I knew was 15 years of age in WWII and too young to enlist, he played drums in a quartet which played at the same American base as the lady mentioned above. He kindly gave me a wartime poster that he had saved advertising the bands, singers and comedians that performed one evening at the camp. It seems like only yesterday that he gave me the poster but it was probably late 80's, time flies. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 29 August 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted August 29, 2012 Share #5323 Posted August 29, 2012 Ian and Ken, I just LOVE personal stories like the ones you just told. They show the human side of war. ....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted August 29, 2012 Share #5324 Posted August 29, 2012 Ian and Ken,I just LOVE personal stories like the ones you just told. They show the human side of war. ....Kat If there is a human side of war. All too often, we get caught up in the "battles'' and we don't examine the effects of war on the populous, and the infrastructure, natural environment. There are lots of stories to open our eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted September 4, 2012 Share #5325 Posted September 4, 2012 [it seems like only yesterday that he gave me the poster but it was probably late 80's, time flies. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 29 August 2012 You may want to get a different fly trap. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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