[Spridgets] World War II - Way Off Topic
Kitterer Bob
bkitterer at mac.com
Mon Feb 2 22:00:50 MST 2009
Including the mistakes - - There was no "Air Force," as in US Air
Force, it was the US Army Air Corps or US Army Air Force - - unless
they are talking in general terms or a force arriving by air - -
always one nit picker. :-) The USAF was not established until 1947.
Bob Kitterer
1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition
On Feb 2, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Rick Neville wrote:
> What did we do w/o the internet?
>
> Hello EJP Base 2446 was Hollandia Dutch New
> Guinea there were 3 AirStrips there Cyclops ,
> Sentani and Hollandia ,US Force's invaded the
> area April 22nd 1944 backed up by the US Navy
> Task Force 58 to kick the Jap's out and the
> first 5th Air Force aircraft to come in was
> the 8th FS' P-40N's from Gusap New Guinea on
> May 7th .
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