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The USS Laffey went on to live a long life. Besides the action off Okinawa she was present at Utah beach on D-Day and fought in Korea. She received a FRAM upgrade and remained in service into the late 1960s. She is now a museum ship in Charleston, North Carolina.

Here is a picture of a 1/1250 scale model of the Laffey as she would have looked in the early to mid 1960s:

[mustangdriver]

I was on the Laffey about a month ago, I spent the day at Patriots Point with it and the Carrier Yorktown. Very cool, and well done place.

[Shawn 507]

Gee what a good little Nazi he was, the idiot.
- Shawn

Originally Posted by flyXwire

On the morning of 4 April, Heinrich Ehrler flew his last sortie and achieved the last three of his 208 victories. After shooting down two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, Ehrler's Me 262 was out of ammunition. Ehrler then flew his Me 262 straight into a B17 bomber, exploding both planes in the process. The action took place over Scharlibbe near Stendal."Theo. I have run out of ammunition. I'm going to ram this one. Good bye. We'll see each other in Valhalla." - Heinrich Ehrlers last transmission over the Squadron Radio Network before he rammed a B17 bomber, killing himself and exploding both aircraft.

[chiefs70]

Originally Posted by flyXwire

Hey Pappy, here's one example of an incident I recall reading at one time about a certain German fighter pilot ramming a B-17 bomber with his Me-262 jet. A Kamikaze-inspired last ditch effort, perhaps?

On the morning of 4 April, Heinrich Ehrler flew his last sortie and achieved the last three of his 208 victories. After shooting down two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers, Ehrler's Me 262 was out of ammunition. Ehrler then flew his Me 262 straight into a B17 bomber, exploding both planes in the process. The action took place over Scharlibbe near Stendal.

"Theo. I have run out of ammunition. I'm going to ram this one. Good bye. We'll see each other in Valhalla." - Heinrich Ehrlers last transmission over the Squadron Radio Network before he rammed a B17 bomber, killing himself and exploding both aircraft.

There is a book on this operation I read a few years ago: The Last Flight of the Luftwaffe: The Fate of Schulungslehrgang Elbe, 7 April 1945 by Adrian Weir. Interesting book and interesting - as highlighted on the Kamikaze episode - the different approaches to a "suicide" mission. It certainly hightlights differences in culture I guess.

[Black 6]

Originally Posted by Hoverbug

So what's up with the "expert" whose greatest claim to fame is that he was on "Survivor"?

Good eyes Hoverbug! I was trying to figure out where I had seen that guy before and thought I must have seen him on another Military Channel show. Sure, he was (still is?) a fighter pilot, but it would be interesting to see his bona fides* before considering him an expert commentator.





* OK, Skunky, let's see what horrible pun/ double entendre you can make of this!

[PappyB]

Originally Posted by Black 6

Good eyes Hoverbug! I was trying to figure out where I had seen that guy before and thought I must have seen him on another Military Channel show. Sure, he was (still is?) a fighter pilot, but it would be interesting to see his bona fides* before considering him an expert commentator.





* OK, Skunky, let's see what horrible pun/ double entendre you can make of this!

If you're talking about the F-14 pilot -- he's retired... and he did a military channel show about life on an aircraft carrier I believe, too...

[Black 6]

Originally Posted by PappyB

If you're talking about the F-14 pilot -- he's retired... and he did a military channel show about life on an aircraft carrier I believe, too...

That's the guy Pappy. Both Hover and I remember him from Survivor a few seasons ago. Don't get me wrong, he seems to be a decent guy and I applaud his service. I only hope that the program isn't using him only due to his (dubious) celebrity from appearing on Survivor.

[STARMAN 352ND]

i knew i seen Terry Deitz somewhere before.
Survivor:Panama it was...also HC Modern Marvels F-14 program.
JP

[SKUNKY]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

i knew i seen Terry Deitz somewhere before.

i haven't saw him before in my life...

[Hoverbug]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

i knew i seen Terry Deitz somewhere before.
Survivor:Panama it was...also HC Modern Marvels F-14 program.
JP

It seemed like they were just prompting him for filler about what it was like to be in a crashing B-24. Problem was, he's never been in a crashing B-24. The other thing that was annoying was the producers don't know the difference between an elevator and an aileron. This is a sign that the "experts" aren't reviewing the program when before its released, which is a sign of the endemic History Channel problems mentioned in the other thread.