tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post5241438690111268198..comments2024-03-08T17:48:05.678-05:00Comments on Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Flying the B-17Rodger the Real King of Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11349261387199416434noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-91823303009320804332016-05-20T02:59:06.635-04:002016-05-20T02:59:06.635-04:00 Information for the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
... Information for the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress<br />http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/MuseumExhibits/FactSheets/Display/tabid/509/Article/196270/boeing-b-17g-flying-fortress.aspx<br /><br />Here is a virtual tour of the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE US AIR FORCE.<br />This links starts you near their B-17G.<br />http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/z-031.html<br /><br />I used to live near Dayton OH and have been to the NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE US AIR FORCE at Wright-Patterson AFB many times. I remember watching B-52s and many others flying in and out of the base. June 8 they are opening their new 4th building of exhibits.<br /><br />Here are some 360 deg Cockpit Tours of WW2 Aircraft, including a B-17 and others.<br />http://www.airspacemag.com/airspacemag/wwii-cockpits-180954748/?no-ist<br /><br />CF in CO<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-39160690284851970232016-05-20T00:58:00.989-04:002016-05-20T00:58:00.989-04:00Best account I ever read was "A Real Good War...Best account I ever read was "A Real Good War" Jimmy Stewart was his wing commander. -Anymouse<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/REAL-GOOD-WAR-Sam-HALPERT/dp/B001I0L9OM<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-37018843207991794902016-05-19T23:51:38.896-04:002016-05-19T23:51:38.896-04:00Not widely known, but the Army Air Forces lost mor...Not widely known, but the Army Air Forces lost more men in the European strategic bombing campaign alone, than all the Marines killed in the Pacific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-92074502900400660032016-05-19T19:05:02.410-04:002016-05-19T19:05:02.410-04:00My Dad flew these bad boys, just not in combat. H...My Dad flew these bad boys, just not in combat. He changed from artillery, to B-17s, to gliders, all in order to get the best chance to get in the fight. They kept making him an instructor in every type. The good news for me is that he survived to procreate.rwnutjobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817731941205249461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-43673188530545920242016-05-19T14:38:55.288-04:002016-05-19T14:38:55.288-04:00Serenade to the Big Bird ~Bert Stiles
CascaSerenade to the Big Bird ~Bert Stiles<br /><br />CascaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-84500578465844392062016-05-19T13:38:32.531-04:002016-05-19T13:38:32.531-04:00Saw a great documentary about these planes a few y...Saw a great documentary about these planes a few years ago. The thing I will always remember is the number of men that were killed in them. Typical was a 50 plane mission and 10-15 wouldn't make it back which meant 100-150 men were killed or captured. And the ones that made it back just manned up the next day and went again. Estevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607676791314269126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-42847955243129019802016-05-19T13:11:51.275-04:002016-05-19T13:11:51.275-04:00Capt. Donald L. Gambrill, my father’s best friend,...Capt. Donald L. Gambrill, my father’s best friend, best man and my Godfather,<br />485th Bomb Group (Heavy), WW2<br />55 missions as B-24 pilot over Germany, Romania & Italy<br />Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart<br />KIA 10-Apr-45, leading his squadron's next to last mission of the war. Only two of eleven men escaped his plane before it exploded. He is buried in the Florence American Cemetery in Florence, Italy<br />https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/find-a-grave-prod/photos/2015/149/56363663_1433010008.jpg<br />Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-15072168080336312572016-05-19T07:55:39.197-04:002016-05-19T07:55:39.197-04:00There aren't nearly as many of us like those g...There aren't nearly as many of us like those guys any more. Who knows their names? We know names like Prince, Michael Jackson, Kurt Kobein (sp). We're a very different or should I say "fundamentally different" country now. A country that's on it's last days. Those great men are probably spinning in their graves.brinsternoreply@blogger.com