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Locomotive on airfield

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strange thing happend when i started a new mission.

 

Yes.... a locomotive was standing in the middle of the runway. I took some good fly to get through them.

 

23 March 1917 @12h57

St-Pol-sur-Mer Airfield.

 

maybe the railways bought the airfield?

 

m

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As long as it doesn't drive...

But imagine it heading your direction with 120 mph while you have to start magnetos and get airborne! :blink:

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Good thing it didn't take off and go after you - it wouldn't be easy to shoot down that kind of steel monster with a machine gun! :grin:

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I'm not so sure there. Udet described in his book, how he attacked

a tank (!) with his machine guns. If I remember right, he forced the crew to leave it.

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Knowing Udet, he may have been just bragging. And even he would have been stunned if he had met that tank at 10 000 feet. :grin:

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Might have just said to himself: I should stop drinkin' for a week! :grin:

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thanx for the support gentlemen.

 

m

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Which squad Morris? I tried RNAS-4 at at around that time and I can see a train a few 100 yards south on the tracks fine as it should be. Are you in campaign?

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RNAS-10 campaign.

 

thanx Polovski.

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RNAS-10 campaign.

 

thanx Polovski.

 

 

Lo Morris

 

This is strange - what mission type was it - can u recall?

 

Ta

 

WM

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Dear Winder

 

i still have the flight log:

 

"23/3/1917 12h57 Flanders St-Pol-sur-Mer Airfield Attack Flying: Sopwith Triplane Died in line of duty. Flying time 34 mins ."

 

Ps. Im getting my new ATI card 2morrow.

 

cheers

 

m

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