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halifax
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by twister on September 8th, 2006
Log Entry June 24 1944
June 24
The secret report on the fatal mission shows that the Halifax II aircraft JP237 took off at 20.11 hrs (i.e. 8.11pm) on "Operation Sound 1". Instead of a landing time, a note states "Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it is presumed lost."
"13 aircraft were scheduled for ops but 3 had to be cancelled owing to technical trouble. Of the remaining 10, 6 were successful and one (F.O. Hillman) is missing. His target was a new one in N. Italy and nothing was heard from him after take off
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grave site
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by twister on September 7th, 2006
that was my uncles crew... WO Nick Holyk 1943 Genoa Italy
RAF.. SOE 142
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Soldiers 7
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by Banff on September 7th, 2006
ahhh like this one , the movie sniper with Tom Berringer comes to mind very quickly. I guess it just seems more of an appealing function of war and dealing with terrorism than arrogantly visible and involving civilians .
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halifax
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by twister on September 7th, 2006
no that my friends was a Handley Page Halifax bomber... Manufactured in Canada for the War effort in WW2 1939-1945
My uncle flew in Italy and was killed in 1943. his plane went down the pilots name was Hillman.. they wer shot down just outside genoa italy.. returning from a mission. RAF.. SOE 142 Nick Holyk was a Warrent Officer
http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/news/2005/11/09_e.asp
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Holi shiit
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by Banff on September 7th, 2006
Looks more like the title should be YEEEEEHAAAAA!
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Holi shiit
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by twister on September 7th, 2006
they shoot coming off of the burm.. as soon as the leopard hits the jump... fires off a shell at the target.
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Holi shiit
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by mike-db on September 7th, 2006
lol, bloody cool though. My ex's dad was a tank commander in the regiment when they were doing that, can't remember if that was the particular tank though. Anyways, it was more than one ttank that did that, they were testing the fire control and target system effectiveness whill putting the tank into conditions not normally, but possibly experianced in combat scenarios.
He has a picture that is from a different angle though, and its while the thing is firing. You think flying tanks are cool, you should see em with fire coming out the turret too. Only the one blew out its axle, and thats because it was previously cracked.
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halifax
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by Streaker on September 7th, 2006
It's a flying fortress alright, but it sure isn't a Flying Fortress....
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halifax
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by NetAbuser on September 7th, 2006
I have not seen one of them since... Well yesterday !!!!
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halifax
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by Nave312 on September 7th, 2006
thats a flying fortress if im not mistaken
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Holi shiit
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by Nave312 on September 7th, 2006
it was hard enough to blow the suspension on the rear of the tracks. Wight + Jump = smash
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Central Toronto
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by Phillip on September 7th, 2006
yap, correct: Taken from CN Tower, in winter
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Dear George
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by jazzman on September 7th, 2006
Not bad. I like it.
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Dear George
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by Mr_Canada on September 6th, 2006
I love it. :)
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CF-100 Awaiting Restoration
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by JonasCanuck on September 6th, 2006
It does look sad. But cheer up! There's one in the Warbirds collection in Hamilton in good shape. They even let you sit in it! I'll post a picture.
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