Spitfires in Burma NOT

[kosmolinekid]

As I mentioned in some of my previous posts my father grew up in then the Dutch East Indies ( Indonesia now ). He recalls seeing Spitfires dog fighting over Djarkta. He lived near an Air Base there that was Japanese controlled. He said it was later captured by the "English". I have always thought he confused them with the Aussies as he recalled seeing Austens and Owen Sub-machine guns. Well anyways he told me once that during an Air Raid My Grand Pa and him ran to a Bomb shelter. They were locked out so they sat outside and watched Spitfires ( he called them ) and Zeros going at it. Maybe it was Typhoons I don't know. He said that belly tanks were dropped in a field and they were mistaken for bombs. They avoided those fields for weeks till they found out. He said all the people would wear rubber erasers on a string around their necks as mouth guards against bomb concussions . Two more tales to bore you with he recalls seeing a P-47 smoking coming in on a final approach and crashing. He recalls seeing the pilot sitting high in the cockpit ( probably to see over the nose ) before it went in. The other story was that B-25 / 24s were dropping supplies to the people. The Bomber was also hit and he saw a man jump from the waist position. The man had a "Streamer" and died , he had said to my Aunt " well he's dead " . My Aunt went ballistic yelling at him saying not to say that they are trying to save them. He told her he was too low anyways . My Dad passed back in '83 so I can't verify the Air Craft or who the "English" really were.

[ArtioZen]

So it follows then that the Burmese government really just wanted a series of spitfire sized holes around their airfield? possibly for bodies or tomatos? Yuk, yuk,yuk

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

So it follows then that the Burmese government really just wanted a series of spitfire sized holes around their airfield? possibly for bodies or tomatos? Yuk, yuk,yuk

More likley publicity and tourist $.