To: FunkyZero
Disgusting to think of how many of these we ground up into scrap after the war.
18 posted on
06/13/2011 11:32:38 AM PDT by
HereInTheHeartland
(2008 was about words; 2012 will be about numbers)
To: HereInTheHeartland
" Disgusting to think of how many of these we ground up into scrap after the war. "
You got that right.
Also the P-38s.....
There is about 52 B-17s left either as a museum piece, or in parts, or in flying condition.
There is now about 10 that are airworthy.
For the record, there were 12,731 built at the cost of $ US $238,329 ( don't know if that was 1940s US dollar, or 2011 US Dollar ) ....
Greatest time to live in the USA 40s, 50s, 60s, right up until 70's.
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