To: Jotmo
This is sad. The B-17 is classic.
My Dad flew B-17s and B-24s in ETO during WWII.
5 posted on
04/18/2023 4:49:25 PM PDT by
ought-six
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To: ought-six
Glad I got to get one ride.
6 posted on
04/18/2023 4:50:21 PM PDT by
wally_bert
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To: ought-six
My favorite WWII aircraft. ☹️
13 posted on
04/18/2023 5:15:22 PM PDT by
telescope115
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To: ought-six
That’s cool. Mine flew A-36’s. P-51 with more guns, dive brakes and bomb racks.
To: ought-six
Let me guess. He preferred the B 17. My uncle was navigator on a B 24.
To: ought-six
Interesting stories picked up over the years. One of them being that a B-17 was such a great design, and was so well balanced that it practically flew itself. Whereas, the B-24 would not fly itself. The pilot needed to keep control of it and actually FLY it during the entire mission.
38 posted on
04/18/2023 8:15:13 PM PDT by
Tucker39
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