There was low cloud cover over the lake yesterday—just like much of wartime Europe would have been sixty-some years ago. There was no mistaking their arrival in the Laconia area at 1:30-PM—
by ear!
A factoid from my BIL:
Nazi anti-aircraft crews held their fire late in the WWII to allow 400 bombers to proceed with "Operation Manna", a food-drop over Amsterdam to relieve widespread starvation.
http://amsterdam.usconsulate.gov/past_events2008.html
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/food-...llions-dutch-0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Manna
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonas Pilot
It's amazing how the America's industrial machine, switched from making Fords and washing machines to war machines.
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And from sewing machines to 45-caliber pistols—and from typewriters to rifles!
At 6:20-AM on Thursday, it seems too early for a B-17 bomber flight, but there's that familiar sound again right now.
