[Milsurplus] Bomber Crew Fantasy Camp

[Joe Connor via Milsurplus]

Thanks for the link. That is interesting.
1. How does the concept of a fantasy camp strike everyone? Frankly, it makes me a little uneasy. I know that we have fantasy camps for baseball fans (e.g., Mantle and Whitey Ford used to run one for Yankee fans) and for fans of certain bands (e.g., the Kingston Trio runs one every year), but I've never been interested. To me, it's like re-enacting. I love to study history and I love to work on the old radios, but I think it's crossing the line to try to pretend to be in the service in WWII.
2. The age thing is funny. Weight is also an issue. The book "Confederates in the Attic" discusses both vis-a-vis the re-enactors. In the Civil War, the soldiers were young and, from all the exertion and the lousy food, skinny. Most of the re-enactors are middle-aged and many are plump. The irony is that the re-enactors, who strive for historical accuracy in everything, are inaccurate on their basic physical appearance. 

Joe Connor 


     On Friday, September 18, 2015 3:55 PM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
   
 

 If you've not already seen this article, you might want to go to 
http://www.twinbeech.com/
and select the topic that’s in the subject field above.  This is one of the damn wildest things I have ever seen ( adjectives fail me ) and the photography is wonderful.

The only reservations I had was when I saw the lineup of recruits. Kind of reminded me of the Volksturm, when the Reich was scraping the barrel and arming even older
retirees. Alas, I have to judge myself in that same demographic.
-Hue Miller
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