howdy, im a new guy here, just learning my way around
Hello,
I am the daughter of a former Dutch Indonesian POW. I have been longing to learn more of the history and to hear of others with similiar stories. My mother was very young at the time. My mother, her father, and mother all relocated to Holland. My mother joined the Air Force, married, and moved to the US. I was informed that because of her status as a POW she was granted amnesty. I have very limited information.
Thank you for the opportunity to learn from others who have memories or knowledge of this era.
Welcome aboard Pilgrim 
Hope you enjoy the forum 
Welcome to the forum Burghout,
My late mother had a similar background to your mother. She was also young (9 years old) when the Japanese invaded Java. Her family also moved to Holland during the post war period. She immigrated to the USA in 1957 under President Eisenhower’s program for displaced persons (DP’s) from WWII. She married my American father in 1958.
We have a thread here that relates to the Dutch East Indies (present day Indonesia):
KNIL (Royal Netherlands Indies Army)
http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2936
Various websites and images relating to the Netherlands East Indies and the KNIL (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger or Royal Netherlands Indies Army), the Dutch colonial army in the Netherlands East Indies (present day Indonesia).
All the Best,
George
Hello everyone! New poster here.
Big history fan, especially WWII. My grandfather served in the 101st Airborne, 506 PIR (yes, same as in the movie Band of Brothers). I’m looking forward to learning a lot and giving some input from my own perspective as well.
G’Day guys,
Just joined you a while ago - I already managed to make a balls up of one post. Must learn patience on the left mouse button!
I’m a skippy, working in norway for the year (still evidence of occupation if you go looking for it here).
I was asked about the pseudonym, but can’t seem to open the messages page.
The CA15 was the final development of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerang; not that you would see the family resemblance at a glance.
At first, it was proposed as a Boomerang with bigger radial engine, supercharged, stretched, then redesigned with a RR Griffon and eventually emerged looking like a Mustang on protein supplements.
1 prototype was completed and flight tested after zee vor; like the MB5, VG-10, Seafang and other prototype piston engined kites of the era, it was binned in favour of jets.
I’m a sucker for anything that never actually made it, especially if it was to be painted with balkenkreuz (no specific reason for it - maybe german designs look cooler…).
Also have been interested in the night bomber offensive since I first looked up in awe at Lancaster ‘G’ for George in the Australian War Memorial.
I stumbled onto this site while trying to find out what the navalised, turretless Boutlon & Paul Defiant might have looked like - there was some to and fro on a post about nachtjagers with Schrage Waffeneinbau I was going to add to (but can’t now find the thread, must be old news by now…).
Anyway, hope to have some good arguments with you blokes: I mean the mental exercise ones that teach you things, not the bickering school brawl types that ruffle feathers.
Sorry, I am also not very well versed in ‘concise’
Hello everyone,
Amateur historian, model builder and graphics guy here, although my real job is as a fine artist. Stumbled on this forum looking for reference shots for a panther model I’m working on, seems like there are some nice and knowledgeable people here so I decided to join!
I am new member big12horn. Hello to all!! I will be looking for all I can find on the 627th FA Bn, ETO. It was not an organic unit of any division. But was attached to the 106th Inf. Division. Did not see much combat. Again Hello to all!!
Hi
In a way I served in all three services. Left school in 1944 and got a temp job at the Grimsby naval base HMS Beaver, bell bottoms and all that! The NS was Royal Artillery and three months after demob I was in the Royal Air force. Trained as Electrical mechanic (air) and ended up At RAF Binbrook with 617 Sqdn working on Avro lincolns. After a year or so I went on the fitters course and on my return I found we had traded in the Lincoln’s for Canberra’s. So, of to English Electric for the Canberra course! After many years of ‘dedication’. I found a job with a firm called Cherry Valley Farms, who produced oven ready duckling. I retired in 1990, remarried (happily ever after) and now help my wife breeding miniature poodles. I also put time in at the local aviation museum. Apologies if its too long!
Ken
Ken
Welcome.
You are a, probably unbeatable, first for the board. Or any military board.
You are the first miniature poodle we’ve had, let alone a breeding one. 
Lucky to be on the job at your age. :mrgreen:
I’m a bit dubious about a bloke who’s graduated from oven ready duckling to poodles. Seems a bit unhealthy to me. Fish and fowl, and all that.
Now, seriously, on Canberras, I saw the cockpit of one of those things once and it looked like a very miserable place to spend the long missions a bloke I knew used to fly in Vietnam. Not exactly your civilian airliner flight deck. He thought it was a lot better than being a grunt, as his major inconvenience was having a cramped leak in flight. I’d rather be on the ground.
This describes the one I saw, in Australian service http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-air-support/vietnam/canberra.htm
Hi Ken,
Welcome to the site! I’m rather new myself.
I enjoyed reading your service history very much. You had a good bit of variety. Thanks for including the piece on the RAAF Canberra, I found it most interesting.
I’m currently in the US Naval Reserve (Lt. Cmdr., MC, USN).
Cheers Mate,
Mike R.
G’day,
I thought a contributor from the land ‘down under’ might not go astray. I discovered your forum when I stumbled on a thread relating to the ‘Hawker Hurricane’.
Recently, I have discovered some great resources across a spectrum of historical, military and aviation forums. Your forum seems to be very much along these lines.
For my part, I have a particular interest in the stories of aircrew from WWII and have been honoured to interview a number of them over the years. My main goal is to record their stories for their families, whilst some find their way to print. Most notably I came to know an RAF fighter pilot SQNLDR K.B. McGlashan AFC who quite literally flew from Dunkirk to D-Day. The story of this remarkable Scot ultimately became my first book, “Down to Earth”.
I look forward finding my way around your forum.
Cheers
Owen
Author ‘Down to Earth’
http://www.owenzupp.com
Owen,
Welcome and thanks so much for the link that you included, has some great material, and further links.
Regards,
Mike R.
Hi All
I’ve been a regular browser over the last few months.
My interest is WW2 German Armour. I’ve recently returned to modelling after 30 odd years away. I’m in the process of learning the new techniques in this field. I currently have a stash that consists of 1/35 scale Tiger 1 late model, Panther D, Jagdpanther early model, Pz MkIV E, Porsche Turret King Tiger, Hetzer mid model, Jagdtiger and a Soviet SU100. Then for dessert I have 1/16 scale T34/85 and Tiger 1E.
So I’m always browsing for ideas on camoflague patterns etc…
I’m looking forward to future discussions with you all
John
just curious. where do you get your models from???
I bought most in Germany, but the 1/16 Tiger(now out of production, the Tamiya static model) and the 1/35 Jagdpanter came from Hong Kong. They’re much cheaper than in Ireland, even when postage costs are taken into account. I just love the internet for making the hobby so much more accessable now.
John
are they plastic or wood??? when i was a kid i built a lot of plastic models from revell. I haven’t built one in years. my last project was a revell plasitc model of the USS Constitution with sails. this took many months. the ship itself was time consuming but the majority of time was spent doing the rigging. standing and running. man. was that a job. even for advanced modelers.
you can now buy these pre assembled in wood but man are they expensive !!!
They’re all plastic, with brass and metal detailing. They’re so much more detailed nowadays. They build into incredible models, that is if you have the talent and patience to do them justice. I’m working on it.
Just google ‘Dragon models’ and you’ll see what I mean, especially their premium/smart kits.
thanks for the info. the 'old ironsides" model took me the better part of a year.
With my stash, I’ll be building them for at least a couple of years;)