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I dare say, you've missed the gist of the message.

OT: Do anyone know another famous radio messages from ww2? S.O.S doesnt count. [:D]

ORIGINAL: Barb

OT: Do anyone know another famous radio messages from ww2? S.O.S doesnt count. [:D]

"Sighted Sub, Sank Same."

And, while not a radio message, in honor of Veterans Day I offer, "Take her down!"

"Scratch one flattop!" comes ot my mind

"Sighted enemy carrier. Please notify next of kin."

And of course "Air raid Pearl Harbor. This is no drill." and "Tora, Tora, Tora!".

"Destroyer gunning, Wahoo running"

The one I like is the Hellcat pilot during, I think, the raid on Formosa.  TF 38 faced a similar situation to the Battle of the Philippine Sea except without the Japanese carriers (all Japanese A/C were land based).  The pilot called out, "I have about 50 Zeroes surrounded and I'm all alone, I could use some help!"

Bill

My favorite...

"The Third Fleet's sunken and damaged ships have been salvaged and are retiring at high speed toward the enemy."

During the Battle of Jutland, and shortly after a salvo struck HMS Princess Royal a signalman promptly leapt onto the bridge of Admiral Beatty's flagship, HMS Lion, and announced "Princess Royal's blown up, Sir." Beatty famously turned to his flag captain, saying "Chatfield, there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today."

Famous radio message:

"Veni, Vide, Vici"

Except that there was no radio by that time.. :--(

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Didn't Arleigh Burke receive his nickname from a radio message?  "31-Knot Burke so on and so forth..."  

Ya'll are nothing, if not subtle.[8D]

An interesting book "Make Another Signal" by Jack Broome has quite a few signals mostly RN from 1700s to post WW2

Here are a couple not famous but...

To a corvette trying to make port after striking a mine.
"Do not sink in swept channel" fm CinC Western Approaches

To HMS Illustrious after Taranto Raid
"Manoeuvre well executed" fm CinC Med

Fm Submarine returning from patrol to base
"Expect to arrive 1800 in friendly aircraft will stop bombing me" (Can this happen in WITP AE? have not seen it myself)

Fm Formidable (after being attacked by Kamikaze) to Indomitable (flying flag of Admiral Vian)
"Little Yellow Bastard"
Reply
"Are you referring to me"

May 15/16 1945 when a RN Destroyer group caught and sank a IJN CA Haguro (I think)
DD (firing a starshell) "Am illuminating the enemy"
Capt D "Think that is me"

And let us not forget the greatest of sea admirals who said:

“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”

And let us not forget the greatest of sea admirals who said:

“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”

Don't forget the signal he flew at Trafalgar. "England expects that every man will do his duty"

During Coral Sea IIRC "Scratch one flattop" after bombing the snot out of the Shoho

Don't forget the signal he flew at Trafalgar. "England expects that every man will do his duty"

I thought the signal was:

"where's the bloody patch?"

but i could be wrong.

Jap AI just "sank" Wake Island and I got the surprise message from Jap radio gal [:D] Pretty kewl. Nice job guys!

Almost forgot my personal favorite, even the Brits couldn't rival this one for understatement:

"...the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage..."

ORIGINAL: wdolson

The one I like is the Hellcat pilot during, I think, the raid on Formosa.  TF 38 faced a similar situation to the Battle of the Philippine Sea except without the Japanese carriers (all Japanese A/C were land based).  The pilot called out, "I have about 50 Zeroes surrounded and I'm all alone, I could use some help!"

Bill

Reminds me of the sour remark "Here come the last 50 Spitfires - again!" by some German fighter pilot (Galland?) during the Battle of Britain. Göring had claimed that the RAF Fighter Command was on its last legs and had maybe 50 fighters left - but the RAF kept sending strong forces to intercept the Luftwaffe raids.