http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_goat#Leader_bombers
... and a Piper Cub story. I cannot verify the veracity, but it was told
to me by one of my college room-mates about his father. Sort of a second
hand, "No shit, there I was" war story.
At the end of the war in Europe his father was an artillery spotter
pilot flying an Army Piper Cub. During one of his missions he
encountered an Me262. The Me262 tried to engage him but could not slow
down enough to get a good firing solution because my room-mates father
could evade with sharp turns & steep climbs the Me262 couldn't match at
its higher speed.
The Me262 pilot was apparently one of those do or die types who just
won't give up ... and eventually crashed when he ran out of fuel. And
the Army, in its infinite wisdom, allowed my room-mate's father to claim
the Me262 as a "kill".
If it's not a true story, it ought to be.
From: mike wilson
Some information on the Piper Cub armed with bazookas on page 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carpenter_%28Lt._Col.%29
(You might have to manually add the bracketed end of the URL.) Still
looking for info on the polka-dot B17.....
On 28/06/2013, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
That's a fascinating set, very interesting indeed. The bases are very flat,
so they're probably in the East of England - Norfolk, Lincolnshire or
Cambridgeshire. There are probably fewer than half a dozen candidates.
B
On 28 Jun 2013, at 00:35, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/sets/72157608125792619/
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