edakridge
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Come check us out at: https://tgycgijoes5.wixsite.com/liberaiders
The 461st Bomb Group is open for business!
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tgycgijoes
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Thank You
Thank you for the compliment. Come and join us. If you don't have the Virtavia B-24J you can download the Alphasim B-24J on our website that edakridge just converted to FSX/P3D all versions native with Tacpack if you are waiting for the FR B24. For an "ol' timer" (like me LOL) its not bad for an interim to fly.
Thank you for the compliment. Come and join us. If you don't have the Virtavia B-24J you can download the Alphasim B-24J on our website that edakridge just converted to FSX/P3D all versions native with Tacpack if you are waiting for the FR B24. For an "ol' timer" (like me LOL) its not bad for an interim to fly.
tgycgijoes
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Getting Closer
Ed and I have been making our way from the U.S. down through South America and next week will cross the South Atlantic to Africa the last stop before Italy. As you can see above he has done tons of work in FSX At War for the missions that were actually flown by the 461st starting in April of 1944. Anyone who wants to can fly the FSX/P3DV4x B-24 that Ed has updated to the sim and made TACPACK ready and join us. We both are looking forward to the FR B-24 but in the meantime having a really great time together.
Ed and I have been making our way from the U.S. down through South America and next week will cross the South Atlantic to Africa the last stop before Italy. As you can see above he has done tons of work in FSX At War for the missions that were actually flown by the 461st starting in April of 1944. Anyone who wants to can fly the FSX/P3DV4x B-24 that Ed has updated to the sim and made TACPACK ready and join us. We both are looking forward to the FR B-24 but in the meantime having a really great time together.
awstub
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TonkinGulfYaghtClubGIJoes ?
tgycgijoes
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TGYCGIjOEs
Yes except yaght should be yacht LOL! I am a Navy Vietnam Veteran serving two tours in Vietnam aboard the USS America CVA66 with Airwing 6 and Airwing 9 emparked aboard. In 1966 CIC Surface Warfare and in 1970 ComCarDiv 2 Staff as the Air Warfare Coordinator for the Admiral. That's my history.
It all started out my personally creating a 1:6 scale aircrew for a S2F RC Aircraft and it ballooned into a business. I was in a forum for 1:6 collectors. As photos were posted of custom items, others asked if they could buy them. I setup us up a website and the rest was history. For 10 years my wife and I created custom-made uniforms for 12 inch action figures to replicate our clients uniforms right down to medals/ribbons and buttons all miniaturized with our CAD mills, special printer and embroidery equipment. We served all five services and loved it. The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club GI jOEs was the flagship for U.S. Navy and Coast Guard then Easy Company which was US Army; USAAF; USAF and finally Parris Island Creations obviously for USMC. I had sub contractors I worked with but it was primarily my wife and myself. She learned her skills from her 28 years with a company renowned for creating the Academy Award "Oscar". Sadly Black Friday ended it all for the business, but God had a plan just like Job in the Bible we thought we lost it all and we have even more now than then. When he closes one door he opens another. I loved all the joy we brought to a lot of servicemen, servicewomen and their families. We were in the process of creating a U.S. Navy female officer for her husband and daughters to give her for Christmas in 2001. On September 12th, the day after 9-11 we got a telephone call from her husband to know if it was any way possible for us to complete and ship it that week. As it turned out we were just finishing up early. She worked at the Pentagon and her office was spared from the destruction of the terrorist plane but a lot of her friends weren't and she was in a really bad place. We sent it out to them by Overnight Flash UPS so that it got there the next morning. I still have the note her husband and kids sent to us. Of all the uniforms we made that one is the most special and the ones we did for a team of 4 USAF Honor Guards were the coolest. We had all the Honor Guard Equipment to serve as reference for miniature duplication. I cast the buckles by hand and sewed real leather belts from kangaroo leather which for miniaturists is the material of choice. I found out about it from the miniature horse collectors who use it for saddles and tack. We had special software for our embroidery machine to be able to reduce the artwork and digitize it for the multiple colors of unit patches and rank insignia. We produced the cording on a special loom for every branch of U.S. Army service in the exact colors to go on overseas caps . My Marine coworker at Parris Island Creations, his name for the division, who is gone now a Desert Storm vet gave us our motto: "WE DO IT RIGHT OR WE DON'T DO IT". We kept to that promise with every order. Life goes on but all the memories of good times still remain. All that to answer a simple question. We are very proud to have been able to serve a lot of vets.
Yes except yaght should be yacht LOL! I am a Navy Vietnam Veteran serving two tours in Vietnam aboard the USS America CVA66 with Airwing 6 and Airwing 9 emparked aboard. In 1966 CIC Surface Warfare and in 1970 ComCarDiv 2 Staff as the Air Warfare Coordinator for the Admiral. That's my history.
It all started out my personally creating a 1:6 scale aircrew for a S2F RC Aircraft and it ballooned into a business. I was in a forum for 1:6 collectors. As photos were posted of custom items, others asked if they could buy them. I setup us up a website and the rest was history. For 10 years my wife and I created custom-made uniforms for 12 inch action figures to replicate our clients uniforms right down to medals/ribbons and buttons all miniaturized with our CAD mills, special printer and embroidery equipment. We served all five services and loved it. The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club GI jOEs was the flagship for U.S. Navy and Coast Guard then Easy Company which was US Army; USAAF; USAF and finally Parris Island Creations obviously for USMC. I had sub contractors I worked with but it was primarily my wife and myself. She learned her skills from her 28 years with a company renowned for creating the Academy Award "Oscar". Sadly Black Friday ended it all for the business, but God had a plan just like Job in the Bible we thought we lost it all and we have even more now than then. When he closes one door he opens another. I loved all the joy we brought to a lot of servicemen, servicewomen and their families. We were in the process of creating a U.S. Navy female officer for her husband and daughters to give her for Christmas in 2001. On September 12th, the day after 9-11 we got a telephone call from her husband to know if it was any way possible for us to complete and ship it that week. As it turned out we were just finishing up early. She worked at the Pentagon and her office was spared from the destruction of the terrorist plane but a lot of her friends weren't and she was in a really bad place. We sent it out to them by Overnight Flash UPS so that it got there the next morning. I still have the note her husband and kids sent to us. Of all the uniforms we made that one is the most special and the ones we did for a team of 4 USAF Honor Guards were the coolest. We had all the Honor Guard Equipment to serve as reference for miniature duplication. I cast the buckles by hand and sewed real leather belts from kangaroo leather which for miniaturists is the material of choice. I found out about it from the miniature horse collectors who use it for saddles and tack. We had special software for our embroidery machine to be able to reduce the artwork and digitize it for the multiple colors of unit patches and rank insignia. We produced the cording on a special loom for every branch of U.S. Army service in the exact colors to go on overseas caps . My Marine coworker at Parris Island Creations, his name for the division, who is gone now a Desert Storm vet gave us our motto: "WE DO IT RIGHT OR WE DON'T DO IT". We kept to that promise with every order. Life goes on but all the memories of good times still remain. All that to answer a simple question. We are very proud to have been able to serve a lot of vets.
tgycgijoes
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Thank You
Thank you for letting me share this here by asking the question. Its been a while since I brought up the memories which are good ones.
Thank you for letting me share this here by asking the question. Its been a while since I brought up the memories which are good ones.
tgycgijoes
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Thank You
Me too. Its going to be great!!
Me too. Its going to be great!!
edakridge
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jagl04
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The 461st Bomb Group is now open for business and accepting applicants! We will attempt to recreate many of the actual missions that the 461st flew during WWII using FSX/P3D, Tacpack, JoinFS, and FSX@War. I have been working on a custom FSX@War pack while Richard has been busy working on the website. We are flying the Virtavia B-24 (Payware) or the Alphasim B-24 (Freeware) while awaiting release of the Flight Replicas B-24.
Come check us out at: https://tgycgijoes5.wixsite.com/liberaiders
Does anybody know why the motto is "Al ataque", written in Spanish?
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Al Ataque
According to the our historian the president of the 461st BG Reunion Group, our motto is Latin not Spanish though they are close and it means TO THE ATTACK.
According to the our historian the president of the 461st BG Reunion Group, our motto is Latin not Spanish though they are close and it means TO THE ATTACK.
tgycgijoes
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Not A Scholar
I am repeating what the real 461st historian says their motto is. I studied Latin about 60 years ago now and really don't remember much. Since I just Googled it (the world-wide accepted authority on everything LOL) yes it's Spanish not Latin. In any case it's their 75 year old motto from where, sadly there isn't but a handful of the hundreds of guys who survived left who I would guess probably really don't remember where it came from. Thank you for the question and for the correction. Since the motto is on a banner on their Group Patch it was possibly designed by someone in the Bomb Group. Alas again, 75 years later who designed it is unknown.
I am repeating what the real 461st historian says their motto is. I studied Latin about 60 years ago now and really don't remember much. Since I just Googled it (the world-wide accepted authority on everything LOL) yes it's Spanish not Latin. In any case it's their 75 year old motto from where, sadly there isn't but a handful of the hundreds of guys who survived left who I would guess probably really don't remember where it came from. Thank you for the question and for the correction. Since the motto is on a banner on their Group Patch it was possibly designed by someone in the Bomb Group. Alas again, 75 years later who designed it is unknown.