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To: Magnatron

Good, let the FAA fly in them


6 posted on 03/11/2019 1:18:31 PM PDT by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: ImNotLying

There was US bomber commander in WWII Europe whose unit was ordered to attack a German installation from six thousand feet. The Germans had massive AA batteries to protect it. The pilot told the originating officer that attacking that low was suicide.

When the OC said he should do it anyway, the bomber pilot said he’d be happy to lead the flight if the OC sat co-pilot.

The mission was scrubbed and the OC decided to court martial the bomber commander, Paul Tibbets. General Doolittle told Tibbets the General couldn’t stop the court-martial but he could get Tibbets transferred out before the court could convene.

And that’s what Doolittle did. Tibbets transferred stateside and eventually flew the plane named after his aunt, Enola Gay, to drop an a-bomb on Japan.


25 posted on 03/11/2019 2:01:39 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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