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February 16th, 2008, 10:45 PM
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Mascots
Air Forces of every nation had them, loyal mascots who waited on tarmacs the world over for their masters to return from missions.
I thought it might be fun as well appropriate to remember them here as well-the mascots.  Lowe and Minke-Pinke, a pair of dachshund mascots of JG 54  Sonja, beloved mascot of 8 Staffel
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February 16th, 2008, 11:49 PM
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Re: Mascots
Andrew became the mascot of the Allied Forces Mascot Club. This organisation was formed by the PDSA in 1943 to obtain recognition for all the animals and birds that served their country during WW2; membership was confined to creatures serving with the Allied Forces (not necessarily British) and the Civil Defence services. It met with great success and approval and there was a very large membership. Although Andrew did not himself go to war, he was based in London and was in the front line for air attacks (he slept through most of them!); but he had a very useful attribute — he seemed to know when a flying bomb was going to fall near his home. When he took cover, everyone around knew they should do the same. Weighing in at nearly 14 pounds (over 6 kilos), he was a very large fawn-and-brown tabby with spotless white front, tummy and 'socks' and an inverted 'V for victory' on his nose.
 Cats too! (They don't really taste like chicken!) razorboy Last edited by razorboy; February 17th, 2008 at 12:07 AM.
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February 17th, 2008, 08:51 PM
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Re: Mascots
For most of its operational existence Gruppe III/JG 54 was the home of a "Staffelhund" named Struppi.
 Pilot Fritz Ungar holding Struppi on the nose of his FW 190D  A Struppi and a blackman (Luftwaffe mechanic, called so because of their black overalls) examine the supercharger air intake on an FW 190D-9  Struppi and Ungar in the cockpit of Ungar's Focke-Wulf
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February 22nd, 2008, 11:37 AM
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Funny lookin' raven. It sure looks like a magpie to me...
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February 22nd, 2008, 11:46 AM
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I thought so too, but the book said otherwise. Seems Jakob liked to pick things apart. If they did not give him a box of matches to play with, he would start picking at ammo belts.
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February 22nd, 2008, 11:56 AM
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Burn the book then as it's clearly in the wrong n' if it states that an magpie is a raven it could very well state that the Ju 262 was used to attack Queen Elisabeth in Alexandria by the Nepalese elite frogmen...
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February 22nd, 2008, 12:45 PM
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Re: Mascots
Quote:
 Besides, we don't burn books any more.
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February 26th, 2008, 12:11 PM
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Re: Mascots
Its a Raven.
I know exactly what Magpies look like because I feed them raw mince every morning before work. No, I'm not a bird-keeper, I feed the wild ones that come to my house for  breakfast and tap on my front door with their breaks to let me know they have arrived.(I kid you not, they actually do this.) Cheers, Dave
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