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WWII in color: Rare photos from 1942 show Flying Fortress
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| 03/19/13
| Snejana Farberov
Posted on 03/19/2013 5:44:56 PM PDT by Doogle
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...the photos are excellent for the era. Enjoy
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:44:56 PM PDT
by
Doogle
To: Chode
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:45:14 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:50:41 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Doogle
slopping editing....losses were 60 planes, 600 aircrew, NOT 600 pilots.."
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:51:10 PM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: ken5050
I caught that right away too...
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:51:54 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
Outstanding photos. Thanks!
To: Doogle
That was when the were Army, they were in the blood and guts business then.
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:54:24 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(" I would not be in the United States Senate if it wasnÂ’t for Sarah Palin " Cruz said.)
To: Doogle
Amazing quality, almost as if they were taken today!
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:55:21 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
To: TADSLOS
There are amazingly accurate records of the 8th USAAF available on-line..logs of every mission flown, and the results, including losses.
It would take a research assistant probably 15 minutes to find out what ultimately happened to every plane in the first 6 pictures in the story, and would have made a good article memorable.
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:56:03 PM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: Doogle
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posted on
03/19/2013 5:57:06 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Doogle
-——Eighth Air Force or The Mighty 8th.-——
I just got back from a vacation in South Carolina and the Mighty 8 th has a museum near Hilton Head....
They are reconditioning a Flying Fortess there...pretty cool place...
10 guys get into a bomber... Fly at sub zero temps... For hours at a time....Drop six - thousand pounds bombs over Germany all the while talking heavy flak....
Turn around go home.... If you make it....
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:04:29 PM PDT
by
JZoback
To: Doogle
Will always cherish my B-17 ride in 2007.
Another check on my bucket list.
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:08:20 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: Doogle
My dad spent nearly 4 years in England during the war. He flew C-47s. Shot down twice...first time was on D-Day..after he had dropped his paratroops..Bailed out, spent 3 days in the woods, until our troops caught up to him. He always said he would have been really pissed to have gotten killed by his own side..Second time was during Market Garden..he was able to crash land the plane in British held territory..
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:09:20 PM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: JZoback
....had the opportunity to tour the bomber Nine-O-Nine this past summer when it was here local...did the tour. (climbed around inside)...and IT WAS TIGHT..*LOL*. Didn’t do the ride thing, but the tour was worth it. If you get the chance.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2kq28awJ-M
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:13:54 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
Gotta love that 'nose art!'
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:14:27 PM PDT
by
45semi
(A police state is always preceded by a nanny state...)
To: ken5050
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:18:04 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
Am I the only one that sees the humor of the photo holding a Rolliflex - made in Germany - while standing on a B-17 getting ready to go and bomb...Germany?
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:21:54 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
To: Doogle
Am I the only one that sees the humor of the photo holding a Rolliflex - made in Germany - while standing on a B-17 getting ready to go and bomb...Germany?
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:22:01 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
To: ASOC
purchased probably before....*smiles*
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:23:32 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:23:48 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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