59165 Posted 25 October , 2009 Share Posted 25 October , 2009 What do the archaeologists make of the word nicht !! Well....this archaeologist has taken the word to mean that this Heller Cadet was not legally perloined &...being a fundamentalist,why can't I hi jack this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 26 October , 2009 Author Share Posted 26 October , 2009 Anybody there who can identify the aeroplane' squadron and whereabouts. Here are the detailed serial no's ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 The commandant of the LO! squadron was Charles Fort UFO & Bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 Awful lot of silly Fokkers on this thread, if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 If the LO painted on one side of the aircraft is mirrored on the other side too, LO LO, I suspect the pilot may have belonged to a squadron that frequented the Café René ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 the white sheet lying on the cockpit is from cafe René! Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 26 October , 2009 Author Share Posted 26 October , 2009 Well, well, well -in the meantime I found the missing text on the elevator. Source: Udet, Mein Fliegerleben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 the white sheet lying on the cockpit is from cafe René! Could the shocking thing in the cockpit be 'The Madonna with the big boobies' ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 Well, well, well -in the meantime I found the missing text on the elevator. Typical German precision - note how the photographer has carefully aligned Udet's shoulders with the line of the top wing, his elbows with the propellor and the tops of his boots with the tail struts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 Could the shocking thing in the cockpit be 'The Madonna with the big boobies' ...? Mick, here she is , disguised as Ernst Udet Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 26 October , 2009 Share Posted 26 October , 2009 Typical German precision - note how the photographer has carefully aligned Udet's shoulders with the line of the top wing, his elbows with the propellor and the tops of his boots with the tail struts. he used to be an accountant until he joined the Luftwaffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 27 October , 2009 Share Posted 27 October , 2009 As precision is on the agenda, the German Air Force was not officially known as the Luftwaffe until May 1933 (but see here for discussion of earlier use of the word, not as a name but as a term for the collective effort of the various separate air services in existence during the Great War - http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...owtopic=134444) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 27 October , 2009 Share Posted 27 October , 2009 Could the shocking thing in the cockpit be 'The Madonna with the big boobies' ...? Mick, here she is, disguised as Ernst Udet Cnock That's the one. I recognise the forward-facing weapons system in the twin aerial mounting patented by von Büstenhalter ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 27 October , 2009 Author Share Posted 27 October , 2009 Today they lifted the plane and the enigma is still occupying the cockpit. Where 'Chester-famous dogfighter' came from, how he survived the dunes and how long he chose the Fokker to be his kennel no 1 -nobody knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 27 October , 2009 Share Posted 27 October , 2009 I knew it - a shaggy dog story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 27 October , 2009 Share Posted 27 October , 2009 I should think it is obvious. He was downed in a dogfight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 27 October , 2009 Share Posted 27 October , 2009 Well it was pretty "ruff" up there I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 28 October , 2009 Share Posted 28 October , 2009 Silly Fokkers indeed. You lot are barking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J T Gray Posted 29 October , 2009 Share Posted 29 October , 2009 I think there are two salient points here that need to be addressed: 1. What on earth is egbert drinking? 2. Where can I get some? Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 29 October , 2009 Share Posted 29 October , 2009 Where can I get some? (Adrian) Here, Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 29 October , 2009 Share Posted 29 October , 2009 I can't quite make out the lettering, but it seems to say 'Marie Celeste' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 29 October , 2009 Share Posted 29 October , 2009 Mick, did we find one of Egberts secret hiding places near the dunes? Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 29 October , 2009 Share Posted 29 October , 2009 I think perhaps so, Cnock. I see the empty barrels in the background. Is your pic from Ostend or Zeebrugge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59165 Posted 30 October , 2009 Share Posted 30 October , 2009 Today they lifted the plane and the enigma is still occupying the cockpit. Where 'Chester-famous dogfighter' came from, how he survived the dunes and how long he chose the Fokker to be his kennel no 1 -nobody knows! That's no dog.It's a bearded Rutherford smerkin' a seegaarr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 4 November , 2009 Share Posted 4 November , 2009 Don't think I didn't see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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