Posted on 02/20/2017 3:26:43 AM PST by Kartographer
When I was a lad and visiting my grandparents, I’d pour over their old National Geographics (those of a certain age know why). Many were from the war years and Boeing would run ads showing B-17s looking completely destroyed, yet still flying with the caption “This one made it back”. Real tough planes for real tough times.
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