hey

I'm going to build a m1a1 over a while
and thinking to build one of the these tanks.

A21, "United Airlines Flight 93", 2nd Platoon, A Co.
A22, "American Airlines Flight 11", 2nd Platoon, A Co.
A23, "United Airlines Flight 175" , 2nd Platoon, A Co.
A24, "American Airlines Flight 11", 2nd Platoon, A Co.

someone got pictures or information of these m1a1's?
i cant find anything of these tanks.

,Gijs

Gijs,
Contact Bob(Burik). He, along with SGT Olson, wrote the book "Thunder Run" from Concord. SGT Olson was on, I believe A23, I might be confused. The book shows alot of pictures from A Co, 2nd Platoon.

hi,

Thanks for fast reply,
i just contacted burik.
And i know that there are some picure's of the m1a1's in the book
'thunder run' but the book isn't anymore available here in the netherlands.

Maby someone else got information about there m1a1's.

,Gijs

Gijs,
Sorry that you can't get the book. The reason why I said to contact Bob is because he sent me pictures from the book, plus he has extras, but I can't give them out with out his permission. He has more than what is in the book.

I take it you have the Echelon decels for that unit?

As Pete indicated, I have extras that did not make the book. Sgt Olson was in A24, American Airlines flight 77; he was the platoon sgt. I have Sgt Olson's journal from the war and so I have some insight as to the places these tanks were on specific dates and what experiences the crews had, which makes building any of the tanks from this platoon special for me.

This platoon was in both thunder runs into Baghdad and carried the extra stuff like the extended bustle rack and jerrycan racks that are now available in the new Dragon Abrams. On that note, I am not sure why only one jerrycan rack is provided in the kit. There really should be two. Maybe Dragon had to draw the line on costs.

There is one neat photo of A22 or A23 (I can't recall if it is in the book) that shows it on the attack over uneven ground and one can see the old markings showing through the paint - 1-64 was using the old 24 ID marking system up until right before crossing the border. It would be a good painting exercise for someone to try and pull this off in a model. Subtle airbrushing would need to be done I suppose.

Bob

Gijs,

I was in the infantry platoon that was attached to Alpha company during the war. If you still need some pics you can email me at ralippsatmsn.comat. Just remove the "at's" I don't think I have excellent tank references for pictures but it may give you another idea. I'm here to help!!

I got Thunder Run when it first came out, in the hardback, and I dont have any pics in mine. Did they put pics in later editions?

Ric

Well then that would explain why mine has no pics

Thanks
Ric

Yes, that was a working title when the book was being done, and we dropped the ball in getting Concord to change it before publication. At least the sub-title is different, so technically the book has a different name; but I did want a different title. Oh well.

Bob

hi

try Greenhill books (publishing) in the UK. they still have the book.
also www.iraqifreedomonline.com that is he unit website for those tanks. a fantastic site for all 3ID oif1 fans
i also have many 3ID pictures, contact me if you want them

mark