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Old August 5th, 2007, 10:03 PM
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Default Re: Lesser known details of WW2 part four

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Originally Posted by Kai-Petri View Post
Aeroplane names

General H Alexander "Patches" C-47
General Omar Bradley " Mary Q " C-47
PM Winston Churchill " Commando" LB-30
General Charles de Gaulle " France" C-56
General Douglas MacArthur " Bataan " B-17
Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery " #19082" B-17
President Roosevelt " Sacred Cow " C-87
Monty asked The US air force to bomb german positions in Normandy. They said, 'Do it yourself!'. So he did.
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