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Reminds me of the F-117 I 'saw' during my AMARG bus tour at Davis-Monthan AFB.

Quoted from "Rooijen10"

Reminds me of the F-117 I 'saw' during my AMARG bus tour at Davis-Monthan AFB.

"This is not the F-117 you are looking for..."

It is the F-117 you are looking for. You just can't see it due to the Stealth Technology.

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edit: that didn't work and I accidentally hit the 'submit' button instead of the 'preview' button...

Quoted from "BruceDuncan"

Quoted from "Hood"

You can drop one off at Farnborough anytime!

But I did, but no one noticed. Stealth you know...

*Buys Canadian Foo Fighters*

How can they be Canadian when they're from Seattle??

Quoted from "Hood"

Quoted from "BruceDuncan"

Quoted from "Hood"

You can drop one off at Farnborough anytime!

But I did, but no one noticed. Stealth you know...

*Buys Canadian Foo Fighters*

We now return you to this regularly scheduled threadjacking, already in progress.

Breslau, Silesia, Saturday, 16 December 1944

Stanislaw Lewczynski had taken his time in journeying to Breslau to fulfil his mission to verify the status of Wilhelm Lonkowski, "The Spider's" errant stringer. Lewczynski had first taken care of the majority of the tasks required by his commercial cover - visiting importers of Polish raw materials and confirming orders and deliveries; if any Abwehr agents were trailing him, they would have found him the perfect innocent. It was only after four days that he began to actually check on Lonkowski - quietly bribing a clerk at the hospital to verify the dates during which Lonkowski had been there, ascertaining that Lonkowski was still bed-ridden at his apartment in town, under doctor's care.

He had then decided to pay a call on the agent, posing as an old school friend; Lewczynski considered his command of German sufficient to pull it off. For this he was thankful when a nurse opened the door to Lonkowski's apartment. Explaining his mission he was allowed a few moments conversation with his fellow agent. Lonkowski was still recovering - he had apparently been touch-and-go for a few days; by choosing words carefully Lonkowski conveyed that he would return to harness as soon as possible - Lewczynski would let their boss know. The amount of information shared was minimal but sufficient - with the nurse hovering protectively in the background they had to be circumspect.

Lewczynski left, relieved in a way to find Lonkowski's story confirmed. He could now return to Katowice and advise "The Spider" that all was well.

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Walter Schellenburg, when he was briefed on the matter, was relieved as well. He had taken quite a risk by allowing contact between the two Polish spies, but Lonkowski was completely in his power and had played the part allotted to him well. In a few weeks, Schellenburg would be ready to begin the next phase of his activities.


Dakar, Senegal, Sunday, 17 December 1944

The support tanker Spessart made her way back to her berth, nudged into position by a pair of French naval tugs. Korvettenkapitän Rudolf Eberling was happy to note in his log that all had gone well on the exercise just completed. The Spessart was equipped but not quite fast enough for normal underway replenishment, nevertheless she could do so in a pinch; and over the previous two days she had played just that role with several of the French escorteurs assigned to the Dakar station. It was good for the ships and crews of both navies - that of the Spessart had the opportunity to learn new skills, while the crews of the French vessels involved had the opportunity to keep their skill of seamanship sharp. The Spessart rode a bit higher in the water having transferred to the escorteurs a part of her fuel stores. Eberling would get the numbers from his chief engineer and advise Fleet Command in Berlin, who would make the final decision on the need for replenishing the Spessart's cargo.


Argentinisches Tageblatt (Cordoba), Monday, 18 December 1944

A German cruiser squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Hans Langsdorff arrived at Bahia Blanca this morning on a scheduled good will cruise. It is expected that the visiting ships will remain in port through Christmas, enjoying the brilliance of summer weather.

Frankfurter Zeitung, Tuesday, 19 December 1944

Ceremonies in Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven today marked the launch of the aircraft carriers Karl der Große and Friedrich Barbarossa respectively. The newest vessels of their type to be constructed for the Kriegsmarine, it is expected that they will be completed the spring of 1946.


Krakow (Poland), Wednesday, 20 December 1944

Jan Pajak gave a slight sigh of relief when he read the report of Lewczynski's visit to Breslau. It was worth knowing that Lonkowski was still in harness, though not active at the moment. At this moment he needed all his agents. Sluzba Wywiadu Wojskowego headquarters in Warsaw had made known their desire for increased information of German intentions toward Poland - not merely the public pronouncements that could be read in the newspapers, but what the Government was thinking - or what the Military was thinking for them. Like most Poles Pajak had a deep-seated distrust of German intentions, even when they were nice and polite. He began to address messages to his network, advising them on the change of emphasis from capabilities to intentions. One such message would go to Lonkowski as well...


New Yorker Staats-Zeitung (New York), Thursday, 21 December 1944

Münchener Post, Friday, 22 December 1944

A Government spokesman in Berlin has confirmed reports that German technical advisors are active in Peru. "A small technical training team," he explained, "is there to instruct Peruvian personnel in the proper operation of the tanks and other vehicles being supplied to the Peruvian Army. They are not in any way providing advice or instruction on the tactical employment of the equipment in question."


Kronen Zeitung, Saturday, 23 December 1944



Berlin, Abwehr Headquarters, Sunday, 24 December 1944

Ferdinand von Schlabrendorff came straight to the point, "So, you think that you have successfully turned this spy Lonkowski?"

Walter Schellenburg chose his words carefully before responding to his chief. "Whether we have turned him completely remains to be seen; apparently he carried off the bluff of his interview with Pajak's envoy sufficiently to warrant the continued trust of The Spider. In any event, he is in our complete control and his role in any continuing deception can be minimised."

Von Schlabrendorff nodded. "Good; this looks to be the first time we may have penetrated that Pole's security - the first chink in his armour."

"Yes," said Schellenburg. "The inquiry after new sources of information offers us the opportunity to further develop the deception."

Militär-Wochenblatt, Monday, 25 December 1944





Argentinisches Tageblatt (Cordoba), Tuesday, 26 December 1944

After a friendly and well-received visit the German cruiser squadron of Admiral Langsdorff departed today on the next leg of its South American goodwill cruise, setting sail for the Chilean port of Talcahuano.


Bremer Nachrichten, Wednesday, 27 December 1944

Yesterday the city’s shipyards completed the corvettes Nerz and Ozelot, the latest antisubmarine corvettes to be built for the Kriegsmarine; two sister vessels, the Puma and Wiesel, were completed in the yard at Cuxhaven. The four have begun their builder’s trials and will undergo initial working up over the next six months.

Frankfurter Zeitung, Thursday, 28 December 1944

Auto Union has confirmed that it has received an order from the Chilean Army for one thousand examples of its MUNGA all-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicle. Deliveries are slated to commence next month


Berliner Morgenpost, Friday, 29 December 1944

Foreign Minister Thomas Dehner has departed for Paris for consultations with his French counterparts regarding the situation prevailing in East Asia.

Brauhaus Biederbeck, Breslau, Saturday, 30 December 1944

Ignatz Griebel was not a happy man; the former commodities broker, now a member of the Reichstag, sat peering into his beer and pondering his future. Griebel had the great fortune to be the sole member of the Deutsche Bauernpartei to have attained a seat in the current session - which rendered him a lone voice in such a large body. That was one reason for his unhappiness; the fact that no member of the Government, nor any members of the Reichstag sitting for any of the larger parties, paid him the smallest heed was another. "What is the sense of representing a constituency when no one knows you exist?" he would ask himself.

Of course, he had the chance to listen to the debates in the Reichstag - he even could speak when he could command attention - but no one bothered to listen to what he said. The small farmers - the people who had elected him - found their immediate needs satisfied by the smart men working for the Government and he doubted that he would be re-elected. "Feed the sheep and they will follow any shepherd," he complained inwardly.

"Ignatz?" said a voice, "Is that you old man?"

Griebel looked up and saw a familiar face. "Wilhelm Lonkowski!" he said in surprise. "I haven't seen you in ages!"

"Not since I pulled you out of that bunker in Flanders back in 1917," replied Lonkowski, sitting down.

Griebel nodded. Back in the Great War Lonkowski had saved his life. "Waiter, two beers please!" he cried. "It has been a long time..."

Lonkowski launched into a well-rehearsed story. Across the room "Adam Bremmer", better known as Walter Schellenburg, watched his agent. The Poles were looking for someone who might be able to give them information about the intentions of the German Government - what better than an unhappy and possibly disaffected Reichstag deputy? It would take some careful playing but Schellenburg thought that eventually they would hook the fish they sought.


Grande Terre, The Kerguelen Islands, Sunday, 31 December 1944

Herr Schellenberg is becoming quite adept at his job. ;)

Quoted from "Brockpaine"

Herr Schellenberg is becoming quite adept at his job. ;)

He is likely to go far, unless he over-reaches himself.

That was an era when art was good and looked good.
To think that ~100 years after this...

... art became something that included rubbish like this...

I think a few years ago an art museum had an 'incident' where the after-hours cleaning lady tossed out an 'exhibit' because it was composed of a pile of trash. Nobody told her the trash was an 'art exhibit'. The artist sued and claimed it was worth $30,000...

Just my humble opinion, but if your average cleaning lady can't tell a difference between a pile of trash and an art exhibit, your art is probably rubbish.