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To: AZHua87

Cool!!!!

Saw a B-25 once, possibly this one. But, it sounded nasty. Gotta side with my ol man, a bombardier in a B-17. Those things (and B-24s) are Chevys and B-17s are Cadillacs.


6 posted on 05/25/2005 7:40:15 PM PDT by AlexandriaDuke
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To: AlexandriaDuke

My late father-in-law was a waist gunner (DFC) in a 24. He said that on a mission that caused the shutdown of an engine, they fell back out of formation. After a short while they spotted a 17 formation coming back from the same mission. His skipper joined their flight when he realized that his 24 running on 3 engines could keep up with the 17s on 4.

Ol' Pops never talked a great deal about actual combat, too many bad memories (such as, seeing an entire bomber explode from flak, no chutes), but loved that "Spirit of 77", it never failed to get him back safe.


9 posted on 05/25/2005 8:25:52 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....nearly 2,000 years and still working today!)
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