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Dispatch Issue # 23
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Week of February 26, 2012
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Model Contest Tomorrow Evening
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Model builders remember to to bring in your model
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Mess Dinner Reservations
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Tickets available on Monday, now only two days left to reserve a seat
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Deposit for the England Trip
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Deposit for the trip due tomorrow
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A Little Busy Last Monday Evening
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Roller Skating Coachlite Gardens
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Night Flying Oshawa Airport
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Air Rifle Zone Shoot
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R.S.McLaughlin Armouries
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Royal Order of the Glassy Boot
Honorable Members
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#1 Flight
F/Sgt C. Barton, F/Sgt M. Murphy, LAC F. Achan, Sgt. A. Boyden, F/Cpl D. Chandler, Cpl C. Zdebiak, Cpl R. Barton
# 2 Flight
F/Sgt H. Whitney, F/Sgt M. Lysyk, Sgt. K. Katzer, Cpl T.J. Malette, Cpl. J. Ehrt,
Sgt B. Jackson, Cpl. Dellipiz, Sgt R. Bliss
# 3 Flight
F/Sgt J. Bauer, Sgt. A. Hembruff, Sgt B. Mogosh, Cpl B.Kennedy
# 4 Flight
F/Sgt M.Moroz, F/Cpl M. Wood, Sgt S. Schuldis, F/Cpl V.NcNaught, Cpl Medina, Cpl M. Obrien
# 5 Flight
F/Cpl C. Barratt, F/Cpl J. Shaw
Band Flight
WO2 T. Smith
Head Quarters Staff
WO 1 M.C.White, F/Sgt T. Neill, S/Sgt P. Lysyk, F/Sgt R. Manders, Sgt P.McQuillan, WO11 C. Williams
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Quick Links to the Squadron Web Site – Chadburn.org
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To link to the Summer Camp Application Status List – Click Here
The Squadron’s Google Activity Calendar– Click Here
Past Issues of the Squadron Newsletters– Click Here
You Tube– Click Here
Web Links – Click Here
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Aviation Photo of The Week
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A mid-air collision on February 1, 1943, between a B-17 and a German fighter became the subject of one of the most famous photographs of World War II. An enemy fighter attacking a 97th Bomb Group formation went out of control, probably with a wounded pilot then continued its crashing descent into the rear of the fuselage of a Fortress, When it struck, the fighter broke apart, but left some pieces in the B-17. The left horizontal stabilizer of the Fortress and left elevator were completely torn away.
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The two right engines were out and one on the left had a serious oil pump leak. The vertical fin and the rudder had been damaged, the fuselage had been cut almost completely through connected only at two small parts of the frame. While the crew was trying to keep the bomber from coming apart, the pilot continued on his bomb run and released his bombs over the target.
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When the bomb bay doors were opened, the wind turbulence was so great that it blew one of the waist gunners into the broken tail section. It took several minutes and four crew members to haul him back into the forward part of the plane. When they tried to do the same for the tail gunner, the tail began flapping so hard that it began to break off. The weight of the gunner was adding some stability to the tail section, so he went back to his position.
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The turn back toward England had to be very slow to keep the tail from twisting off. The bomber was so badly damaged that it was losing altitude and speed and was soon alone in the sky. For a brief time, two more Me-109 German fighters attacked the All American. Despite the extensive damage, all of the machine gunners were able to respond to these attacks and soon drove off the fighters. Two and a half hours after being hit, the aircraft made its final turn to line up with the runway
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When the ambulance pulled alongside, it was waved off because not a single member of the crew had been injured. No one could believe that the aircraft could still fly in such a condition. The Fortress sat placidly until the crew all exited through the door in the fuselage and the tail gunner had climbed down a ladder, at which time the entire rear section of the aircraft collapsed onto the ground.
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Royal Canadian Air Cadets
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