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Aww haw..... This is what made me chuckle earlier Painless.... My Ju88 got taken down by flak and crashed....the aircraft came to a halt and a crew member ended up outside. The aircraft disappeared and the crew member ended up like this.... Don't know why I thought it would amuse you....it did me.

The 'Bolwerksmolen' in the Netherlands.

Apologies boys, busy chap. For your rumination....

13/1/1945 Walter Moore Ground: A strand of 78.5 Yards of disturbed ground and molten snow 150 yards short of the runway of Strassfeld airfield. (For the third time in a row failed to protect my leader. I am hopeless in cloud, can read the instruments fine, as in able to conclude 'this no good' just in time under control to not auger in ... lost an aileron in the process. Got shot up a bit, then a bit some more where it was not a good idea to try and land on wheels ... Oh well)

Was with the left or the right one?

13/1/45 DD Sam Fox claims: 4x Artillery 2x AAA 2x Trans……port I bumped into Hugh Jampton in Portsmouth back in 43, lovely chap.

Sidley in Sydney.... Unfortunately I haven't got the hang of vids yet. Anyway, I took off from Sydney International (Runway 16L) and went for a scenic tour in the Twin Otter, in real time. Landed on water north of Sydney and made my way back. Interestingly ATC was very busy, I could see air traffic and ground traffic, and I had to wait my turn for contacting ATC. Got a landing approach back on 16L. Landed and got taxiing instructions to general parking , made my way across and parked where I was told. Great fun, busy on the ground and in the air As an aside, as I was flying around the Opera House on my galivanting tour two aircraft flew towards and then went under the Harbour Bridge...one a twin engined airliner, the other a single engined jobbie....who says you can't have fun here!!

Rick o'shea is claiming 2 x AAA 1 x 190A

Close and bang on......Mi 26. Nice one Fen!

It is with considerable regret that the 402nd reports the death of Lt Roger Over in combat earlier today. Badly damaged by an unseen attacker, the aircraft went in vertically without the unfortunate pilot being able to regain control or bail out. His next of kin have been notified by the War Office. His replacement, 2nd Lt Hugh Jampton, has been notified of his new posting and should arrive at the front by Sunday.

13/1/45 Maj Sean O'Sullivan... has beed captured. Word down the wire suggests after shooting down a 190A, Maj O'Sullivan took a hit, subsequently hit the silk and landed in the lap of the Wehrmacht on the frontline.