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Old 04-22-10, 05:09 PM   #7801
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OWWWW!!! that's GOTTA hurt!!!
It did...b*******.

Well me and the boys had extra time in port to get drunk.
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Old 04-22-10, 11:56 PM   #7802
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Old 04-23-10, 05:11 AM   #7803
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Old 04-23-10, 08:38 AM   #7804
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What type of u-boat is in action here, that conning tower is MASSIVE!!
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That VIIC/41 Tomi + some of my work ...
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Old 04-23-10, 11:23 AM   #7805
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I've been wondering what those balloon things are for
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Old 04-23-10, 02:17 PM   #7806
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I've been wondering what those balloon things are for
Barrage balloons....used mainly to deter low flying aircraft from carrying out bombing and straifing runs.

The basic idea was they would lose their wings on the wire....the balloon was used to keep the wires upright.
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Old 04-23-10, 02:44 PM   #7807
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They were also widely used in the Battle of Britain.
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Old 04-23-10, 03:12 PM   #7809
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Ok, I knew it had something to do with detering plains. Thats an interesting device
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Old 04-23-10, 03:32 PM   #7810
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Ok, I knew it had something to do with detering plains. Thats an interesting device
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In 1938 the British Balloon Command was established to protect cities and key targets such as industrial areas, ports and harbours. Balloons were intended to defend against dive bombers flying at heights up to 5,000 feet (1500 m), forcing them to fly higher and into the range of concentrated anti-aircraft fire—anti-aircraft guns could not traverse fast enough to attack aircraft flying at low altitude and high speed. By the middle of 1940 there were 1,400 balloons, a third of them over the London area.
While dive-bombers were devastatingly effective against undefended targets, such as Guernica and Rotterdam, they were very vulnerable to attack by fighter aircraft, and their use by Germany against Britain with its effective Royal Air Force was rapidly discontinued. Balloons proved to be of little use against the German high-level bombers with which the dive-bombers were replaced, but continued to be manufactured nonetheless, until there were almost 3,000 in 1944. They proved to be mildly effective against the V-1 flying bomb, which usually flew at 2,000 feet (600 m) or lower but had wire-cutters on its wings to counter balloons.[citation needed] Two hundred and thirty-one V-1s are officially claimed to have been destroyed by balloons[1].
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Old 04-26-10, 01:52 PM   #7811
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Old 04-26-10, 02:38 PM   #7812
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Old 04-26-10, 04:44 PM   #7814
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LOL

Nice one mate
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Old 04-26-10, 05:32 PM   #7815
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Yes, I'll admit that this fellow does look a little bit unconcerned about his predicament.
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