Posted on 10/14/2014 9:23:00 AM PDT by dware
The World War II-era B-24 aircraft was so stiff, heavy, and hard to control that its American crews dubbed it the "flying coffin." Not only was its only exit hard to reach at the tail—leaving many trapped before being able to parachute out—but it was intended to drop bombs on bridges, train stations, and airports run by the Germans, thus living up to its name for those below it as well.
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I wonder if we’ve met? Both Diamond ‘Lil and FIFI are on tour right now, but around November 1 we bring them back to Meacham Airport and put them to bed, give them lots of TLC till February, and then go out again on tour.
ping- interesting ww2
Could well be we bumped in 2009 .... the 410 BG was a bunch of A20 D-Day vets that came by Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Sep that year. Visited Meacham a few years before that. They had their last reunion a few years ago. I still get to Kaboom Town most years.
Love these threads: a time for this old Army guy to stand back and hold a salute.
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