The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Ploesti Raid - Aug. 1, 1943 - Jan. 27th, 2003

http://www.afa.org/magazine/valor/0988valor.html ^ | John L. Frisbee

[The Real Deal]

1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee

1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)

May they rest in peace, and Jimmy Carter should be ashamed of him self. I will never understand how Carter could have done something like that ten years to the day. What an insult to three very brave men. Thanks for the history Valin.

[The Real Deal]

I am sure glad that they got the chance to enjoy the game! I enjoyed it to.

[The Real Deal]

Galveston's Lone Star Flight Museum

I've been there to Sam. It's a great place. A lot to see in such a small place. Most of those planes are still flight ready too.

[SAMWolf]

I think a B-24 is the only major bomber I haven't seen in person.

[The Real Deal]

John H. Lienhard, so is that you SAMWolf.

[The Real Deal]

How about Perry Como?

[SAMWolf]

Nope not me, it's the guy who wrote the article.

[SAMWolf]

He had some good songs.

[VOA]

I think a B-24 is the only major bomber I haven't seen in person.

Here's an excuse to make a trip to the "sunbelt" regions.

Heck, no only get to see a B-24 in person...see one fly.
They even throw in a flying B-17 as an escort.
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_sch-wof2003.htm

I'm pretty sure this is the same group that came to Stillwater, OK when I was back
in graduate school.
When I happened to see through the plate glass of our research building the B-17 drifting along,
I about freaked out...then went running around the outside of the building to keep
both in sight. Fortunately there weren't too many people around that day to see
me looking like an over-excited three-year-old.

IIRC, they stayed in town a couple of days and took some paying passengers aboard for
some fly-arounds of the city...

[VOA]

Maybe the Collings Foundation B-24 and B-17 will make it nearer your neck of the woods
later in the year...
checking the 2002 schedule at
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_sch-wof2002past.htm

shows they made a swing up the "left coast" after the initial westward swing through
the sunbelt...I don't know if this is a predictable pattern each year...

Only $350/ride...such a deal! (for WWII warbird junkies, it's worth it to
feed the "machine lust")

[humblegunner]

Foxhole Bump!

[P8riot]

Sam this is GREAT! I love these posts. Keep up the good work.

FREEDOM ISN'T FREE!!!!

[SAMWolf]

We have a B-17 that comes to Portland every year for the Air show. I love hearing fly over the house for about a week during the show.

[SAMWolf]

Only $350/ride...such a deal! (for WWII warbird junkies, it's worth it to feed the "machine lust")

I haven't been able to convince the wife to let me speed that yet been trying for 8 years.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the bump, humblegunner.

[SAMWolf]

Glad you like the thread, P8riot. Thanks for dropping by.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Good evening, Sam and everyone!

James Kennedy, "Raid on Ploesti"

As the first wave of bombers roared into the target, some as low as 50 feet, the German defenses opened up with a barrage of fire. Within moments the entire area erupted with exploding bombs, bursting shells, gushing flames and billowing palls of smoke. One by one the gallant crews took their aircraft through the intense wall of Ack-Ack and 88mm ground fire, and into the burning inferno to deliver their deadly cargo.

[The Real Deal]

instead of doing the dishes for my mother-in-law. lol

I bet that isn't what your mother-in-law thinks. LOL

[philman_36]

The SNAFU of all SNAFUs. Luckily they came away from Ploesti smelling like roses despite the losses. The plants were gone and the plants productivity never really got back on its feet.