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Re: Damn watching the war in the Pacific I had no idea 

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Mon, 08 Apr 19 10:41 PM | 57 view(s)
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...my father was a door gunner / radio operator on a B-17 and he flew numerous missions over South Dakota. Not one German or Japanese force got past him.

Those guys had giant titanium balls between their legs.  

...8000 american airmen in the 8th air force died in that war. That's a lot of good men.




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Re: Damn watching the war in the Pacific I had no idea
By: Beldin in POPE 5
Mon, 08 Apr 19 9:36 PM 		Msg. 29737 of 62138

Most famous Boeing of all is probably the B-17 Flying Fortress four-engine bomber. The later, heavier B-29 Superfortress was assigned specifically for use in the Pacific Theater. The B-17 and the Consolidated B-24 were the bomber workhorses of the European Theater. My father-in-law flew more than twenty missions over Germany in a B-17. He said the B-17 was a tough old bird, but it was hard to sit there, taking everything the fighter planes and flak could dish out, and keep flying straight towards the bombing run. He had a couple of co-pilots killed right next to him, and he was wounded and burned.

Those guys had giant titanium balls between their legs. 

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