user1000 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) "Couple of tanks ahead of you," Maj. Hendricks radio-telephoned the tank commander. "How about us bombing them?" "You're too close. You might knock us out, too," was the reply. "Then swing your guns about 45 degrees left because those tanks are set to come out shooting." check them out http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/9thtac/index.html other stories http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories/ Edited July 1, 2017 by user1000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 The war wasn't over yet, so there *might* be just a teeny tiny bit of propaganda in this pamphlet... Evidently KG Peiper was knocked out largely by airpower on Dec 18, in the fog; who knew? "Col. Meyers continued to send four-plane flights shuttling over the area until 1700 hours that afternoon, seven missions in all. At the end of the day, pilots reported 126 armored vehicles and trucks destroyed, 34 damaged." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1000 Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 I still like reading and hearing the old stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLeftFlank Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Oh I love it too, many thanks for posting. And I have no doubt that local ingenuity, if not doctrine, occasionally allowed crosstalk between ground forces and aircraft. But as we also know, all these pubs and manuals are as much aspirational as factual. Kind of like the Patriot SCUD 100% kill stats in 1991; we really really needed to believe it was true. Entirely forgivable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) I've got a feeling those conversations would be with a FO attached to the tank formation, 9th TAC were dedicated close support for US 1st Army. Edited July 4, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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