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2023-07-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [23 views ] Top

#1 "Similar legislation is being used by the US government today to send military aid to Ukraine"

Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-02 06:40|| 2023-07-02 06:40|| Front Page Top

#2 There is a story about the British shoving perfectly good F4U Corsairs off of carriers in mid-ocean at the end of WW2 for the same reason -- no plane no Lend-Lease bill. Bet every 'Ally' did it in some fashion...

Posted by magpie 2023-07-03 13:05|| 2023-07-03 13:05|| Front Page Top

#3 If my memory serves me correctly, I believe the only country that paid off it's WWII debt to the US was Finland.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-03 14:57|| 2023-07-03 14:57|| Front Page Top

#4 My Uncle Charles, a WWII mechanic with the Bomb Group that did Ploesti, demob's at an Army Airfield and apparently there were just off the production line P-47's being offered for sale for mere hundreds of dollars. He said he and two buddies were going to buy one until they discovered even at 1946 Prices, high test avgas was cost almost as much to fill the tanks a coupl of times as the pricetag.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-07-03 15:07|| 2023-07-03 15:07|| Front Page Top

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