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<blockquote data-quote="criticalbass" data-source="post: 2172648" data-attributes="member: 711"><p>I nominate Stephen Frater's new book, "Hell Above Earth" as the new champion in handgun ignorance. </p><p></p><p>The book is about an American WW II bomber pilot named Werner Goering, supposed nephew of Hermann Goering. The military allowed him to fly, but selected a highly qualified copilot to shoot him if he was in danger of being captured by the Germans or appeared to be defecting.</p><p></p><p>Don't buy the book. It is an interesting little story puffed up to 302 pages with inclusion of lots of repetitious "history" (war stories) and a ton of scholarly froo froo.</p><p></p><p>On page two I almost stopped reading the book, and I should have. Here's a quote:</p><p></p><p>"Given the odds he faced, Werner needed divine protection. He was about to join "the world's longest continual battle." Army issued Colt .45 pistols held seven rounds. If a man were to play Russian roulette with one round in the magazine, He'd have about a 14 percent chance of dying--almost the same odds as a Mighty Eighth WW II-era bomber crewman had on any given day."</p><p></p><p>I was speechless. If the copilot, who was deep into guns ever saw it, he probably had a meltdown. It just now occurrs to me that the copilot, with whom the author developed a strong friendship, may have suggested the above content as a joke on the author. I hope so. If so, it was a good one. If not, I refer to my above nomination.</p><p></p><p>The copilot died in, I think, 2010. His heirs found over 90 weapons in his house, all loaded. He was chosen partly for his very high expertise with the .45, and carried three of them when on missions. His name was Jack Rencher.</p><p></p><p>Another high point in the book is on page 70, where the author says 1013 people died on the Titanic. One common number is 1502, and others are close to that. Can't imagine how he did that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="criticalbass, post: 2172648, member: 711"] I nominate Stephen Frater's new book, "Hell Above Earth" as the new champion in handgun ignorance. The book is about an American WW II bomber pilot named Werner Goering, supposed nephew of Hermann Goering. The military allowed him to fly, but selected a highly qualified copilot to shoot him if he was in danger of being captured by the Germans or appeared to be defecting. Don't buy the book. It is an interesting little story puffed up to 302 pages with inclusion of lots of repetitious "history" (war stories) and a ton of scholarly froo froo. On page two I almost stopped reading the book, and I should have. Here's a quote: "Given the odds he faced, Werner needed divine protection. He was about to join "the world's longest continual battle." Army issued Colt .45 pistols held seven rounds. If a man were to play Russian roulette with one round in the magazine, He'd have about a 14 percent chance of dying--almost the same odds as a Mighty Eighth WW II-era bomber crewman had on any given day." I was speechless. If the copilot, who was deep into guns ever saw it, he probably had a meltdown. It just now occurrs to me that the copilot, with whom the author developed a strong friendship, may have suggested the above content as a joke on the author. I hope so. If so, it was a good one. If not, I refer to my above nomination. The copilot died in, I think, 2010. His heirs found over 90 weapons in his house, all loaded. He was chosen partly for his very high expertise with the .45, and carried three of them when on missions. His name was Jack Rencher. Another high point in the book is on page 70, where the author says 1013 people died on the Titanic. One common number is 1502, and others are close to that. Can't imagine how he did that. [/QUOTE]
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