| Re: [GMCnet] Mr Bob Sternfels [message #180522] |
Thu, 16 August 2012 13:05 |
rwsternfels
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HI,
I've found that our Archives as well as English, German and Romanian never cast a bad light on their own...When it comes to what Compton did...you can believe everything that is in my book. I personally interviewed General K.K. Compton asking him who was responsible for the "Wrong Turn"..He without a pause..said...I was. So forget anything you have heard..Compton caused the terrible loss of life and completely destroyed Col. J. Smart's plan to destroy the oil refineries...
As far as the Germans knowing about the mission..When you bring in 250 B24s almost everyone green color on a desert which is very light beige...and have recon German planes fly over every day before our leaving on Aug.1st,
it's not hard for the enemy to know something very big is about to happen.....
Also, we flew over the island of Corfu then inland over Yugos(?) Bulgaria and other areas , all German controlled,
they sure knew we were coming......BUT THAT'S NOT WHEN... they had placed gun in placements all along our route.....Was that just a guess ..hell no...they knew our plans well in advance...they even had low flying barrage balloons (500ft.high)OVER OUR TARGET..... and many of us hit the cables.....
BOB
On Aug 16, 2012, at 9:21 AM, <elevensecondbowtie@rcn.com> <elevensecondbowtie@rcn.com> wrote:
> Sir,
>
> I'm very grateful that you were able to put this book together. There were
> something's I was not aware of. Such as the wrong turn made by col
> Compton. I watched a documentary made during the 40's and they mentioned
> the wrong turn, but that it was corrected and the flight continued as planned. I
> also was told that the Germans intercepted a radio transmission, and that
> they knew that the attack was coming. I'm anxious to finish your book.
> I would be interested in this movie if it comes together. Yes, other than
> yourself, I have not met any other low level survivors. I have met many
> gentleman who have flown the later ploesti missions, and they we also difficult
> missions, but not like the low level.
>
> Lee
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:48:27 -0700
>> From: "robert w. sternfels" <rwsternfels@cox.net>
>> Subject: Re: Mr Bob Sternfels
>> To: "<elevensecondbowtie@rcn.com>" <elevensecondbowtie@rcn.com>
>> Cc: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
>>
>> LEE,
>> Thank you for the comments.
>> Just a couple of weeks ago i received a phone call
>> from a man in Serbia....His project is making a full
>> length movie of the LOW LEVEL PLOESTI MISSION. The
>> one part of the phone made me sit up straight.....he
>> told me I was the only person that had the in-depth
>> knowledge plus able to remember the event.....Did
>> not like that implication....in other words.....all
>> the others are now horizontal....I'm still
>> vertical..
>> BOB
>> On Aug 16, 2012, at 4:52 AM,
>> <elevensecondbowtie@rcn.com>
>> <elevensecondbowtie@rcn.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear sir,
>>
>> I have just started reading your book "burning
>> hitlers black Gold" and I have
>> to say that, of a few other books I have read
>> about ploesti, this one seems to
>> be very well written and accurate. I am doing some
>> research on some of the
>> significant raids and missions flown in WWII. Such
>> as the doolittle raid, and
>> ploesti and the first raids on Berlin. I look
>> forward with much anticipation on
>> finishing your book on the 1943 raid on ploesti.
>> It's one thing to have a
>> historian write about history, but to have someone
>> who was there write about
>> it, and interview others who were involved, means
>> a lot more. Take care Sir.
>>
>> Lee
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