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Old 13 May 2008, 05:14 PM   #29 (permalink)
RussGannon
Two-seater Pilot
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide South Australia
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Alex

As I know the likes of Taz hang on every word I write; here are those figures for the final months of WW1:

As you no doubt know yourself; the British captured 188,700 POW & 2840 guns. The French US and Belgians combined took 196,700 POW & 3775 guns.

We used to have an anual firepower demo at Puckapunyal in Victoria, which I was involved in many a time. After the armour, arty and infantry had strutted their stuff, Ronnie RAAF used to come in and obliterate a hill or two. On one occasion in 1988 they had an attached USAF F111 crew who bombed a hill 2km NE of the target hill - a bit of a worry as spectators were in the open 3km south of the target hill. I will always remember the words of the officer on the PA - "No wonder Gadaffi is still alive."

Cheers to all my fans.

Russ
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