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World War II Bomber Drops Human Munitions Over Chicago
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Posted on 03/28/2015 6:58:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I’d say flying over Chicago, there IS a good chance of running into enemy fire.
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:03:14 PM PDT
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Husker24
To: Husker24
Wow, I can’t imagine the awesome... lookup up and seeing that profile climb away from you. Let alone getting a ride in one.
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:05:22 PM PDT
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FunkyZero
(... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
To: Husker24
I’d like to eat a couple chili dogs and drop a couple of my own human munitions on Chicago.
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:06:00 PM PDT
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Husker24
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:09:28 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:10:01 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: FunkyZero
I rode in that B-17 about 15 years ago. $250 (as I recall) Louder than hell dogs! Never forget it.
To: nickcarraway
It appears to have a ball turret. Nice clip.
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:10:20 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: nickcarraway
It appears to have a ball turret. Nice clip.
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:10:24 PM PDT
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Paladin2
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:10:24 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: FunkyZero
Check the video link in #5 for just that view.
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:11:06 PM PDT
by
exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: Husker24
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:12:39 PM PDT
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ecomcon
To: Paladin2
My father, who just passed away last April, was a ball turret gunner on a B-17 in WWII. Flew 28 missions, based out of Italy. Didn’t talk about it too much, but did comment that it was very difficult to track the German fighters, let alone hit anything. The couple of times they saw the Messerschmitt ME-262, that his turret hydraulics could even turn fast enough to track it.
To: exit82
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:24:07 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
Thanks,cc, gave me my aviation fix for tonight.
Great planes.
Nothing like the sound of a Merlin engine in a P-51D Mustang.
Imagine being a 20 year old Army Air Corp pilot in 1944 and being issued one of those!
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03/28/2015 7:33:19 PM PDT
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exit82
("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
To: mad_as_he$$
I rode it last year out of Moffet; $450. I was leery of dropping so much on a 20 minute ride but my friends talked me into and I never regretted it. It was noisy and cramped. All I could think about was twentysomething year old kids riding in one them 6-8 hours a day 2-3 times a week over Germany while getting shot at. Gives you a small understanding oh what great men they were.
Here's San Jose from the port 50.
To: exit82
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:37:04 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:42:08 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: FunkyZero
A view from outside of another B-17 courtesy Jetman. I about wet myself at 1:52 (:09 ain't bad either).
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posted on
03/28/2015 7:48:43 PM PDT
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: nickcarraway
I’ve seen B-17’s in action. On October 15, 1967, a brush fire broke out in the Whittier Hills near Whittier, Calif. As aSanta Ana wind pushed it toward the city, B-17’s attacked it, dropping chemicals. They were joined by a couple of TBM Avenger torpedo bombers. The fire burned 2,000 acres, but no structures were lost.
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