There are few things more scary than siing on a plane that is being shot at. There is no cover to hide behind. Unless you a pilot that can maneuver (bombers in formation can't move much) or a gunner that can at least fire back, you just have to sit there. You either get shot down, or you don't.
1 posted on
08/14/2019 4:02:50 PM PDT by
fugazi
To: fugazi
A good reminder for me to say thank you for your service to all FReepers who served to protect us all.
Thank you.
2 posted on
08/14/2019 4:17:24 PM PDT by
frank ballenger
(End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen votforbing & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
To: fugazi
the planes had no guns. they were left behind to lighten the planes to make the 2400 mile trip to Hawaii. nothing they could do but take it.
3 posted on
08/14/2019 4:20:22 PM PDT by
Ikeon
(In all of recorded history until now, No one ever blamed the rock for Abel's murder)
To: fugazi
I don’t like sitting in a plane that ISNT being shot at!
The way I speak of my trip to the grand canyon by Cessna, you’d think I was talking about the battle of Midway!
5 posted on
08/14/2019 4:35:31 PM PDT by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: fugazi
A man that was a navigator in B17s flying over Germany in WW2 told me , you didn’t shoot at planes trying to shoot you. You stayed in formation and shot at planes shooting at your fellow group mates and hoped they were doing the same for you. The German fighters flew to fast to hit the ones hitting you, you had to rely on your fellows. Stay in formation, close, and fight, it’s all you had. L Lawrence, RIP. A great friend, and great man.
6 posted on
08/14/2019 5:07:51 PM PDT by
Equine1952
(Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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