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To: lizol

Neat!
I had the honour of going inside the Halifax in Trenton last summer, accompanying my Dad (who flew them).
A wonderful plane and a great bit of history - a plane nearly forgotten while everyone remembers the Lancaster.


14 posted on 12/01/2006 1:56:15 PM PST by gymbeau (I'm Supportin' Morton)
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To: gymbeau

I often get them confused myself...People probably remember the Lancasters because of the Dam Busters..Similar situation in the US...Everyone knows the B-25 due to the Doolittle raid...most couldn't tell you what a B-26 is or looks like...and as regards the 8th USAAF...most people today think the B-17 was the ONLY US bomber in the war, when in fact more B-24s were produced than B-17s, and they flew more missions and dropped more bomb tonnage than the B-17s. Go figure..


21 posted on 12/01/2006 2:11:58 PM PST by ken5050
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