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Bombardiers plied their trade at low levels in both the European and Pacific theaters. Above, B-24s descend into the "Mouth of Hell" at Ploesti, Romania; below, a B-25 heads for New Britain. In the B-25, the bombardier had to load the forward machine guns in addition to his primary duties.

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[colorado tanker]

What a ripping good read! Love the flowery prose.

I'm just amazed those flyers took such devastating casualties and kept such high morale.

Never knew we had an air force base in Palestine at one time. Wonder if young Yasser hung around the base - oops, he grew up in Cairo, not Palestine.