Ships - Page 5

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2017, 10:43 AM

Well, that left a mark...

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2017, 04:59 PM

Correction, it was a Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" that hit the HMS Sussex.

Carruthers · 12-30-2017, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Well, that left a mark...

Looks like one of my landings but at least I was able to use the aircraft again.

Carruthers · 12-31-2017, 04:54 AM

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Aboard cruiser HMS Sussex (1945)

This recollection is from:

George Coyne of Lightwater, Surrey.

In 1945 I was serving in cruiser HMS Sussex. My ship was part of a task force (Operation Livery) in action at Phuket Island in what is now Thailand.
The Japs attacked us with suicide planes, one of which hit us and another struck and sank HMS Vestal.
She was a minesweeper and was Camberley's adopted warship.
She was the last British warship to be sunk during WW2.

There's some rather onerous conditions attached to reproducing the full text, hence the somewhat brief extract above.

WW2 People's War for the full article.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-31-2017, 09:24 AM

Here's a good illustration of the Sussex and the plane.

Gravdigr · 12-31-2017, 10:22 AM

Nothing like a fat slice of luck.

With sprinkles.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-31-2017, 11:04 AM

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...bounced on the surface of the sea...

Ahh, good find, that explains a lot.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2018, 09:35 PM

Neighborhood bully and his gang...

Gravdigr · 01-22-2018, 01:44 PM

Dis be da new hotness:

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You see this coming atcha, you're gonna have a bad time.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2018, 01:38 AM

When the Wasp & Co hove into view, Tojo shook.
When the those new kids come around Kim Fatty the Third, ain't scairt.

Gravdigr · 01-22-2018, 01:41 PM

Dat be da old and busted...

Gravdigr · 01-23-2018, 02:30 AM

Only 'cuz he's bug nuts.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2018, 10:13 AM

Well yeah, but that doesn't help. People with delusions of invincibility are the most dangerous.
If Kim Fatty the Third or Tiny Hands starts shit, and are squashed like a bug 35 seconds later, that doesn't necessarily stop the shit he started. Think of the military like a huge boulder on the side of a hill with one little chock to keep it there. Some asshole pulls that chock and stopping that boulder once it's in motion is a Herculean task.

DanaC · 01-23-2018, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Think of the military like a huge boulder on the side of a hill with one little chock to keep it there. Some asshole pulls that chock and stopping that boulder once it's in motion is a Herculean task.

Awesome metaphor dude.

Gravdigr · 01-23-2018, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

When the those new kids come around Kim Fatty the Third, ain't scairt.

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Only 'cuz he's bug nuts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Well yeah, but that doesn't help. People with delusions of invincibility are the most dangerous.

You're disagreeing with someone agreeing with you.

I'm just saying the only reason he "ain't scairt" is "'cuz he's bug nuts". Any sane person would be scairt.

12-30-2017, 10:43 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well, that left a mark... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-30-2017, 04:59 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Correction, it was a Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" that hit the HMS Sussex. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-31-2017, 09:24 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Here's a good illustration of the Sussex and the plane. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-31-2017, 10:22 AM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Nothing like a fat slice of luck. With sprinkles. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-18-2018, 09:35 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Neighborhood bully and his gang... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2018, 01:44 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Dis be da new hotness: You see this coming atcha, you're gonna have a bad time. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-23-2018, 01:38 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	When the Wasp & Co hove into view, Tojo shook. When the those new kids come around Kim Fatty the Third, ain't scairt. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-22-2018, 01:41 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Dat be da old and busted... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-23-2018, 02:30 AM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Only 'cuz he's bug nuts. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-23-2018, 10:13 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well yeah, but that doesn't help. People with delusions of invincibility are the most dangerous. If Kim Fatty the Third or Tiny Hands starts shit, and are squashed like a bug 35 seconds later, that doesn't necessarily stop the shit he started. Think of the military like a huge boulder on the side of a hill with one little chock to keep it there. Some asshole pulls that chock and stopping that boulder once it's in motion is a Herculean task. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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