[Chode]

[NonValueAdded]

There is a B-17 under renovation at the National Museum of the Mighty 8th Air Force. I wish that project Godspeed. May they take strength from the restoration of Doc.

http://www.mightyeighth.org/b-17-exhibit/

[headstamp 2]

Soon to be on one of my “Ghosts” calendars.

Godspeed.

[bigbob]

Nice to see FIFI will be having a little company up there!

[dainbramaged]

On the night of 9–10 March 1945 ("Operation Meetinghouse"), 334 B-29s took off to raid with 279 of them dropping 1,665 tons of bombs on Tokyo. The bombs were mostly the 500-pound E-46 cluster bomb which released 38 napalm-carrying M-69 incendiary bomblets at an altitude of 2,000–2,500 ft . The M-69s punched through thin roofing material or landed on the ground; in either case they ignited 3–5 seconds later, throwing out a jet of flaming napalm globs.
My Dad's buddy from high school was a crewman on one of those planes, made it home safely and lived to age 90.

[hadrian]

Four weeks ago I heard a rumble outside and knew it was something different; I ran outside and a B-29 with a big “A” on the tail flew directly over me about 1000 feet up. I of course googled it and found out it was FiFi. My dad was an armorer for B-17s, B-24s and B-29s in the South Pacific, so it was so cool to see.

[truth_seeker]

They fly a lot of WWII era planes around SoCal, regularly.

I know a man that pilots them.

[Big Red Badger]

B29’s,,,
Awsome!

[odawg]

I don’t know if it would be feasible, cost wise, but I wish they would get out the designs for those old World War II planes and make some new ones, just for posterity.

Same goes for some of the old cars.

[real saxophonist]

I've passed by this B-29 at the Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park many times:

Amazing how NOT big they are.

[CodeToad]

Oooooohhhh! Nice.