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January 4th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius  | Go figure two unique events on one day but this wasn't the one I was looking for. The event I am looking for occurred once only during WW2 and had no follow on. The one thing that worries me about this question is that it may have a disputed answer.
__________________ If horses would have hands and could paint with their hands and create works of art like the humans, then horses would form and paint the gods with the shape of horses and they would build sculptures according to their own bodies. - Xenophanes Last edited by MontyB; January 4th, 2008 at 21:59. |
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January 5th, 2008
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| Centurion | This may have been an Italian flight to Japan using a special version of the SM.75 transport aircraft. The commander of the aircraft was Ten. Col. Antonio Moscatelli, The take off took place from the airport of Guidonia (Rome) at 5:50 GMT of June 29 with stops at Zaporoskie airfield, Ukraina and Pao Tow Chen, Mongolia, this finally arrived possibly on July 3? in Tokyo.
__________________ Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. Herman Goering |
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January 5th, 2008
| Post 1513 |
| Tribunus Laticlavius | Indeed it was, I figured it may be a contested answer as many (including myself) thought that the Germans had flown several flights over Russia in JU-290's but apparently this is not the case. |
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January 5th, 2008
| Post 1514 |
| Centurion | Interesting question MontyB. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_290 three Ju 290s, carrying extra fuel tanks, made a non-stop flight to Manchuria to exchange technical data with the Japanese. They returned with rare metals needed by Germany for special alloys. I vaguely recall a report of a trip in the latter stages of the war between Norway and Japan over the pole but perhaps this is another 'story'. |
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January 5th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
http://www.comandosupremo.com/Triumph.html Certainly KG200 was in the process of being equipped for such flights in 1944 but it is not reported that the aircraft were available by the end of the war. Further to this Albert Speer noted in his own memoirs that flights to Japan ("Manchuria") were flown by civil test pilots and not millitary crews but Wolf Baumgart who flew with KG200 said that flights to Japan, Manchuria were discussed but never flown. This was from "KG-200 The Luftwaffe Most Secret Unit" by Geofrey Thomas and Barry Ketley Last edited by MontyB; January 5th, 2008 at 23:33. | |
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January 6th, 2008
| Post 1516 |
| Centurion | Talking about abandoned projects, one such idea is the subject of my next question. Who produced a lengthy war winning memorandum suggesting one of the most ambitious naval operations ever proposed just a few days after getting into office What was it called, what did it involve, and by what means was it scuppered. As a bonus who was sacked due to the total opposition to the plan. |
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January 7th, 2008
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| Centurion | A clue, the project was scuppered on 20 Jan 1940. It is not very difficult to guess who dreamed up this 'ambitious' plan in a few days! |
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January 7th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
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January 7th, 2008
| Post 1519 |
| Spam King | hmmm... I know part of it....
__________________ When did "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" become "Give up your liberties or we're all gonna die?" |
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January 20th, 2008
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| Spam King | It was Winston Churchill's plan... I think it had something to do with large emplacements in the middle of the English channel used to alert to a German Invasion... |
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