[ARC5] Lend-Lease (was P-40 Found in Desert)

[Dennis DuVall]

Lot of Google hits on this question, see <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6215847.stm 
 > for ex.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On May 12, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Leslie Smith wrote:

> Hello List,
> I would like to check the point that "UK paid all its bills".
> I understand that no account was kept of lend-lease either to the UK  
> or
> to Russia.
> I would like to have this confirmed (or denied) by a competent  
> historian
> using this list.
>
> I think this (lend-lease) was one of the most astonishing acts of
> generosity in history.
> D-Day and the losses by the 8th Air Army was more generous (in terms  
> of
> the cost to USA).
> As I understand, USA began to supply lend-lease before Pearl Harbour,
> due to some ingenious "politick-ing" on the part of that greatest of  
> US
> Presidents, Rooseveldt.  I remember in April '45 (funeral oration or
> more likely in the press) it was said that men would remember his name
> in 100 years, fall to their knees and say, "Thank God".   Well it's
> true.  We should do that.  US has seen a number of brilliant  
> Presidents
> and FDR stands shoulder to shoulder with the very best.
>
> Returning to lend-lease - That's the reason for my interest in "Uk  
> paid
> all it's bills".
> I don't believe the USA put in a bill.
>
> The other person we should thank is Eleanor R's policy for refugees  
> and
> the UN policy on refugees that resulted (1948.)  She was  prescient in
> that regard.
>
> 73s
>
>
>  Leslie Smith
>  vk2bcu at operamail.com
>
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012, at 03:02 PM, Geoff wrote:
>> I believe the UK paid all its bills which is more than some countries
>> did.
>>
>> Yes, 260 Squadron was flown by the RCAF if the current reports from
>> Canada
>> and the UK are correct. Hopefully they were as good at records  
>> keeping as
>> the Germans.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
>> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 1:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] P-40 Found in Desert
>>
>>
>>> Looking on some of the enthusiast websites, it seems that based on
>>> squadron codes barely viewable on the side, the airplane belonged  
>>> to 260
>>> Squadron, an RAF outfit.  It needed some repair to the landing  
>>> gear so a
>>> pilot, apparently Flt Sgt Dennis Copping, was directed to fly it  
>>> with the
>>> wheels down to a repair center.  It had long been assumed that he  
>>> got lost
>>> and ran out of fuel, ending up MIA.
>>>
>>> But it does not look like the wheels were down when it landed, or  
>>> else it
>>> would likely have flipped on its back.  The pilot may have got the  
>>> wheels
>>> up before making belly landing, which would be a wise thing to do.
>>>
>>> I wonder if perhaps since they were sending it to a repair center  
>>> they
>>> yanked the regular radio and put in that battery pack radio.  A  
>>> view of
>>> the cockpit shows what looks like a cable with an antenna  
>>> connector on it
>>> sticking up from somewhere.
>>>
>>> As for Aussie P-40's in the Middle East, there is a book on the  
>>> subject
>>> entitled "Desert Warriors: Australian P-40 Pilots at War in the  
>>> Middle
>>> East" which is available on half.com for only $252.25.   Y'all  
>>> better
>>> hurry because David is no doubt gonna jump right on that!
>>>
>>> I fully expect that airplane to be restored to flyable condition.   
>>> I have
>>> seen far worse wrecks returned to the air recently.
>>>
>>> And by the Lend Lease rules under which that airplane was provided  
>>> the
>>> U.K. could either pay us for it or hand it back when they were done.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>> WB5WSV
>>>
>>>
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