<t> Nitros oxide the same thing drag racers use. This plus turbocharger in the P-38 + P-47 and in the P-51 supercharges helped bring out the best in these fighters. Avgas sent to the Pacific was refined in the US at a higher octain , in the ETO the avgas octain was refined to a lower level. That is ...

"Fire In The Sky" by Eric Bergerud for the 2nd time.

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Yes it is.

44 out of 48, two of those I got wrong I've never seen and the other two the photos were not the best.[;)]

<r> I looked in a book I have called "Handbook on Japanese Military Forces" published by the US War Department on Oct.1 1944 . On page 250 a photo of this tank is printed with the info " New Type amphibious tank. The system of flotation is extremely interesting and is achieved by attachment of a bow ...

"The Sandpebbles"

"Captain" Claire Lee Chennault. Last I knew Chennault was a Colonel, this does not bode well for this movie.

Are you sure? The SBD's are marked as "Scouting 2".[&:]

"The Last Waltz"

Present........

Picture #6, the landing in Southern France were in Aug. of 1944 and were not before D-day.

8/10

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That's interesting because, historically speaking, a number of the battleships, were what I'm sure the game would define as "sunk" during Pearl Harbor--USS Oklahoma (capsized), California (sunk in place), West Virginia (sunk in place), etc ...

Towards the end of April 1945 the Third Army shifted to a more central part of Germany. Many units were transferd to the Seventh as many were shifted to the Third from the First Army. So it is possible that the Vet was correct when he was telling his story.

Sounds good. I don't think anyone has done anything from the "ETO" in this time frame.[:)]

The Yorktown's "were" designed from the keel up as aircraft carries, this is a fact.......

Is there anyway to recreate this?
ie: launching a B-25 from the deck of a "Yorktown" or " Lexington" (early war) Carrier.

Thanks,

How does the game handle hidden airfields like Ngoro airfield, Java? The Japanese didn't find it till they concored Java. I couldn't find anything in the manual about this.

Thanks [:)]

Reading "The approach to the Philippines" by Robert Ross Smith. One of the "Big Green Books, The US Army in WWII, Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army".[:)]
Lot's of info on a little known part of the Pacific War.