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Ride to World War Two

6/6/2016

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Short ride; but a long reach back into history. If in town I go up to Reading every other year.  Where ever you are should you look for an excuse to ride, be it from the California Coast to just down the block, MID ATLANTIC AIR MUSEUM produces one of the finest air shows in the Country. They always have a significant array of "warbirds."   Add to the flying, the World War II re enactors present the life and times of what it was like for the troops.  This year all theaters were represented - American, British, Chinese, Japanese, Russian.  These guys and gals put a tremendous amount of labor in setting up the experience for us to enjoy.  Not only the uniforms, but the weapons, the encampments, the armor.  Hardy thank you for a job well done!
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Above are a group of SS troops
To the right is a fully restored 1940 Indian with ​sidecar.
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Pilot waiting for the mission.  Airplane is a F4 Wildcat.
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M4 Sherman Tank supporting the infantry in an assault on an airfield.
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Above in a Volkswagen ready to leave; but as you can see the US Army has arrived to free this small village somewhere in France.

On the right is a member of the 101st Airborne about to embark on the D-Day Offensive.
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FiFi was there again.  The only flying B-29; however there is another B-29 - "Doc"  is just about done and would it be grand if next year both would fly together at the show!
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Above the Mitchell B-25 made famous in the
Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.
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The DeHaveland Mosquito.  A  multi -role airplane for it flew as a fighter, bomber (in fact
it carried almost the same load of bombs as the B-17).  It was used as a pathfinder, and photo recognizance.  Surprisingly it was built of plywood!
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P-51 Mustang and F4U Corsair
Japanse Kate Torpedo plane                 Curtis P-40 Flying Tiger                        F4U Corsair
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Again the Mosquito 
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Nationalist Chinese sentry.

​Crew members of B-25 Mitchell 
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Tools of the trade
Personal items                                               Harley Davidson                                       Pilot mission read F4U Corsair
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Although not a true Tiger, this one stared  in the movie SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.  It is a composite made on the chassis of a Panzer 4.



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