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Wow, you found him! I knew you would, elephant! Thanks a lot for all the info!

Hahaha! A great Freudian slip, mein Freund! The company name was Siemens-Schuckert. The German word "Schurke" means "rascal". That makes sense. Thank you, guys. Do you know, what the red fire rain below the craft means?

Al Forbes' paintings may look almost naive compared to others, but no one else can create such special goose skin athmosphere like him. Just found this one over at "The Aerodrome". It is called "Masurian Monster". Does anyone know this big German craft?

German: Eiserner Halbmond (translated: Iron Crescent or Iron Half Moon) English name: Gallipoli Star The medal was the Turkish equivalent to the Iron Cross, as far as I know.

Just found another great fund of detail photographies; perhaps new to some of you. There are many high-res fotos from Albatros D.Va and Pfalz D.XII details - well photographed by Mike Abbott. I have put a small selection together here, but have a closer look! http://www.oesau.org/images/AWM/small/

You won't have any wobbling with the Thrustmaster, Hauksbee. It works great, and I think it has full rudder available, cause I can outmanoeuver aircraft, which others here find hard to turn with. You'll soon see, if you like it. Have fun!

Hmmm - lots of info, but still no one knows, who the pilot was? Come on, guys - one of you must have some more knowledge?

Hihihi! If it doesn't - remember my hint above. It's similar, but better, and has more buttons. I use it since years, and it still works fine.

Do you mean my more transparent Labels with the less powerful colours? That would be here for download: http://combatace.com...post__p__477745 The HD & Bloom mod is among Creaghorn's Homebrew stuff in the download section. .

PS: if you want to search German Ebay for such ribbons, you need to search for "Ordensband", Lou.

Here is a website with Turkish militaria - there are also some of these medals. http://turkish-militaria.com/DE/ThemenDE/MehmedResad/MehmedResadThumbnailsDE.htm .

Though many people say, Wikipedia was bad, I often make good finds there. Here is your medal with the correct ribbon to it, Lou. http://de.wikipedia....serner_Halbmond I recommend to always also click on "German" Wikipedia, if it's about German stuff; I often found much better detail then. .

Many say, Wikipedia was bad, but I often hit good finds there. Here is your medal - plus the ribbon, Lou. It looks correct to me. http://de.wikipedia....serner_Halbmond I recommend to always look also to German Wikipedia, if it's about German stuff - I often found much better detail then. Congrats to that fine looking medals, Sir!

Thank you all, guys! Von Paulus, whatever your loss - I hope you may feel connected through our fine forum; you are not alone, old chap! (Ah, sorry - forget the "old")

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for digging!

If you are interested in uniforms, this site may be of interest for you - enjoy! http://www.kaisersbunker.com/ht/farben/farben2b.htm

I can't find any "Souilly" for German airfields, Lou. Could it be "Sailly" ? That was the home for Jasta 36, but only for some time in 1917 ? JFM???

Welcome to the club, Hauksbee! If you don't mind, I'll have a bucket of virtual Warsteiner - it is extremely warm here right now. Great idea to show the works of "our house-own" artist here, Lou - thank you. Contact ( tink ... tink ... tink ... ) Clear!

Who knows this Albatros D.V and some of it's history (pilot, Jasta etc.)? And: what could have been the purpose of that rod attached to the right V-strut?

After some long proceedure with E-mails, I could log in there now, and I wrote my honest oppinion about OFF, without getting too wordy (which was most difficult actually). Perhaps our posts may convince some more people, that OFF is the most "historical meat" you can buy.

Hauksbee, I will talk to the president - I'm sure he will agree, that you should also receive the BOC Members badge.

I used to fly EAW with the "Sidewinder", but later I got the THRUSTMASTER Flight Stick X, which offers far more useful buttons, a twist stick with good accuracy, and a long life. Here it is - I can really highly recommend it, and it is not expensive; ca. 40 Dollar.

Thank you all for your caring condolence. Yes, it is hard to accept the irreversibility of that final fact. In his case, it was a long goodbye, so it didn't hit me totally unprepared. I'll never forget this crazy Austrian, who always appeared like an alien in the streets - not only an alien from another country, but from another star. And he used to say, he would never die - he'd only change the planet. For the memory of his face, I got a big photography from his family. It shows him working during a vintage at the Mosel. Wine was his passion. He lived and died without much compromise. And if they should hand harps to the angels in heaven, I'm sure he will get his one electrified.

INTO THE DEEP BLUE - A LONG GOODBYE A friend of mine liked very much to be under water. He wasn't satisfied with swimming or diving - he wanted to walk over the sea beds. He wanted it so much, that the devil heard him and offered him one hour without any need of breathing - for one hour of his life. The devil also warned him clearly, that there was one big danger though, which he wouldn't be protected against: the pressure. It would grow, the further down my friend would go. And the devil even told him, that the urge to explore the deep sea would also grow in him. My friend concluded the contract. From now on, he could stay under water longer and longer, and so he did. It became more and more difficult for me to meet him. If I wanted to spend some time with him, I had to do my best to dive and hold my breath as long as possible. That way, I would descend to him, and make my swimming and diving movements left or right of him, with the growing urge to surface and breathe, while he would walk around without any problems or care. Soon, he wanted to walk further into the sea. He wanted to explore the dark blue deep, where darkness and pressure normally keep us away. He spoke to me, but under water, I could only understand little of what he said. The moments I saw him grew shorter and shorter through the years, the extended diving made my head ache more and more, and I felt that it would do me harm. During the last months I could only just find him every now and then, here and there, deep below me - a human spec on the dark sea bed. I could not reach him anymore. One day I lost him completely - he had walked into the darkness, that swallowed him. Maybe he was now on his way to the Mariana Trench. He remained disappeared without any further trace, 'til I got news, that they have found a crushed human body, with many seagulls circling overhead. They sent me photos. I could not say, wether it was him or not. I just couldn't recognise him anymore. I feel so hollow today, after receiving that telephone call. My friend Pierre, with whom I used to play, record & collect music some time ago, and who's record cover I had designed, has died last night at 3 o'clock from strong internal bleeding, after 35 years of sex & drugs & rock'n'roll. I had lost him long before. Take care, everyone.

Ah, I thought I had a problem. Great news, Sandbagger!