I had the opportunity to view a friend’s dad’s flight log from D-Day. He flew three sorties and a total of 13 hours that day. It was land, refuel and rearm, and take off.
A friend was a B-17 co-pilot and said his two missions on D-Day were the easiest ones he had - no-one was shooting at him...:^)
As you said, they were told to just stay in the plane as it was refueled and rearmed, and they brought sandwiches to the plane.
PS - he only quit flying and sold his Bonanza two months ago!
A friend was a B-17 co-pilot and said his two missions on D-Day were the easiest ones he had - no-one was shooting at him...:^)
As you said, they were told to just stay in the plane as it was refueled and rearmed, and they brought sandwiches to the plane.
PS - he only quit flying and sold his Bonanza two months ago!