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Blood Chit Pictures, Images and Photos

A hand-embroidered blood chit has a Republic of China flag and a Chinese message promising a reward to anyone who helped the airman get back to Allied lines.

1 posted on 12/07/2012 1:23:02 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

Winn’s Warriors jacket rules!!!!


2 posted on 12/07/2012 1:25:54 PM PST by Hammerhead
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‘cuz we knew how to win wars 70 years ago?


3 posted on 12/07/2012 1:26:49 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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Related article ...

“WWII War Paint: How Bomber-Jacket Art Emboldened Our Boys”

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/wwii-war-paint-how-bomber-jacket-art-emboldened-our-boys/


4 posted on 12/07/2012 1:27:12 PM PST by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER

It was also a period when men were men, and that fact was appreciated by most.


5 posted on 12/07/2012 1:27:22 PM PST by Arm_Bears (The MSM lies about conservatives; and it lies about liberals.)
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But it's not the same as losing a hundred B-17s in one raid, each one with 10 guys on it. That was happening day in, day out.

Not quite accurate.

The USAAF lost 46,000 men KIA in WWII.

That does not tally with a 1,000 men killed per bombing run.

6 posted on 12/07/2012 1:36:16 PM PST by wideawake
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7 posted on 12/07/2012 1:36:45 PM PST by drewh
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Also, the USAAF had about 4500 B-17s in service at peak WWII deployment (much lower than the article implies, but still an incredible number).

I am unaware of any raid that lost 100 B-17s in a single run.

8 posted on 12/07/2012 1:41:16 PM PST by wideawake
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To: DogByte6RER

Aren’t “bomber jackets” the leather jackets with furry linings and big furry collars, and that the jackets in the photos above were, at the time, called something else?


10 posted on 12/07/2012 1:42:59 PM PST by Age of Reason
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Well the jackets were badass - decorated or not - and why they were allowed (needed) to wear them....

Because it was COLD up there!!!!

Live in fame or go down in flame!

USAF!!!!


21 posted on 12/07/2012 2:15:32 PM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism)
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To: DogByte6RER

These are absolutely incredible!


25 posted on 12/07/2012 2:19:21 PM PST by MestaMachine (It's the !!!!TREASON!!!!, stupid!)
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God bless those brave men. What would we have done without them?


28 posted on 12/07/2012 2:25:04 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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29 posted on 12/07/2012 2:25:57 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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Looks like “walkabout” jackets - they wore those wool and leather jackets while flying. Incidentally, the reason for leather is that it doesn’t burn. When I fly I always have a pair of leather gloves in my case just in case of fire (usually happens most behind the panel) - if the controls are to hot because of fire and you have to get down real quick, those gloves will come in handy. (just my 2p worth)


33 posted on 12/07/2012 2:34:49 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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Until the arrival of P-51's late in the war, bomber pilots flew without fighter escort over German territory, dealing unassisted with the Luftwaffe as they flew. And someone even thinks about questioning their gear. This country really is f**ked.
44 posted on 12/07/2012 3:28:06 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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From today's news:

Air Force Tears Down the Pinups

"The Air Force Times reports: Commanders and supervisors in all corners of the Air Force will conduct a widespread sweep of all work spaces and public areas starting today, looking for pictures, calendars and other materials that objectify women. The order covers all active, reserve and Air National Guard units and must be completed by Dec. 17. Pictures of scantily clad women in calendars, posters or in briefing slides have no place in a professional workplace, said Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, who ordered the service-wide health and welfare inspection. The decision was made as part of the Air Force’s efforts to combat sexual assault, of which there were six hundred reports made in 2011. General Mark Welsh, USAF Chief of Staff since August 2012, explains the inspection: “After talking to a number of our female officers and NCOs, I believe that there is a potential that this is a problem in more than those isolated areas…

Trust me - today there are not even .0000001% of pin ups in Air Force offices, maintenance hangers, or flightline shops. Period. That practice has been long since purged.

51 posted on 12/07/2012 4:01:47 PM PST by SkyPilot
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See the 1st Jacket, slightly mis-spelled :-)


53 posted on 12/07/2012 4:14:01 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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"There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane, he had to fly them. If he flew them, he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to, he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle." - Joseph Heller
63 posted on 12/07/2012 7:40:16 PM PST by concentric circles
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Cool stuff!

I’ve had a lot of leather jackets. One of my favorites is a reproduction of a German WWII “Messerschmitt” jacket. Not very warm, but very cool.


70 posted on 12/08/2012 6:53:16 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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Wow. Excellent article - thank you. My late dad was one of those young men, joining the Bloody 100th at ~24. He was the old man of the squadron. 32 missions, got him home safely...


72 posted on 11/18/2014 7:02:30 PM PST by bootless ("If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth."~RWR)
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