[stalag8611]

In October, 2006 I took a hard swipe at the Swiss and why anyone would want to own a plane in a Swiss livery. Needless to say I took some incoming from other forum members, and was threatened to banishment by one of the moderators. fficeffice" />>>
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I recently received “Masters of the Air: America’s bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany” by Donald L. Miller. I’m past the half-way mark of text, (519 pps), and have just finished Chapter Twelve: “Prisoners of the Swiss.” If you do nothing else, at least get your >>
hands on this magnificent work and read this hard to read episode.. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.>>
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The book has been an emotional read for me since I grew up during WW II and had family, friends and neighbors who fought and died with their fellow aircrews in the 8th Air Force. >>
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[FormerViperDriver]

Originally Posted by stalag8611

In October, 2006 I took a hard swipe at the Swiss and why anyone would want to own a plane in a Swiss livery. Needless to say I took some incoming from other forum members, and was threatened to banishment by one of the moderators. fficeffice" />>>
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I recently received “Masters of the Air: America’s bomber boys who fought the air war against Nazi Germany” by Donald L. Miller. I’m past the half-way mark of text, (519 pps), and have just finished Chapter Twelve: “Prisoners of the Swiss.” If you do nothing else, at least get your >>
hands on this magnificent work and read this hard to read episode.. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.>>
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The book has been an emotional read for me since I grew up during WW II and had family, friends and neighbors who fought and died with their fellow aircrews in the 8th Air Force. >>
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So, am I right in guessing you also never buy, and can't see why anyone else would buy, German, Japanese, or Italian (Fascist Regime) WW II models?

FVD

[stalag8611]

FVD, you couldn't more off base if you'd earned a Ph.D in Die Cast Aircraft models. The Germans, Japanese and the Italians were our enemies and, in the case of the Japanese, very nasty ones at that. That said, I have many issues in 1:72 of our former enemy combatants, and I collect them because I grew up during WW II and want to remember that era through the planes that fought the air battles.

Sweden and Switzerland were declared neutrals and, for the most part Sweden lived up to its neutrality commitment. The Swiss, on the other hand were practically hand-in-glove- with the Nazis. They often shot down heavily damaged bombers heading for a safe place to land; they SHOT American aircrews attempting to leave the confines of the "Hotel Keepers of the World", and some, not all, prisioners did hard time in medieval type prisons. Not a pretty record, especiall when compared to the Swedes.

Ad hominum criticism of me doesn't work, I'm too old for it to be effective. Why don't you buy, borrow, visit the library, or steal a copy and read Masters of the Air., especially Chapter Twelve. When you do, you'll better understand my utter distain for the Swiss.

NB Don't get this Episcopalian started on the Swiss government's treatment of the Jews, e.g., millions of dollars and precious jewels never returned to their rightful owners. Truely shameful