On Jun 28, 2013, at 5:45 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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". I'd like to see a film of that encounter. A reenactment, of course. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
