Kip Powick Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Flight of Old 666 – amazing B-17 mapping mission in the South Pacific Click on the link below: The Flight of Old 666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 not bad for a bunch of guys with discipline issues. Thanks Kip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon The Loon Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 All I can say is wow. I can't even begin to imagine the horror of combat. Lest We Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 What a great story. Also now having the visual technology to re-tell it so well. These WWII airman are slowly disappearing so the video interviews of their experiences are priceless. My father was born three weeks before George HW Bush and also signed up (RCAF) days after his 18th birthday. He would have gone sooner but with his older brother already in the Army his mother wouldn’t sign the papers for him to go early. There is a definite sense of duty about that generation. For example Bush’s Navy aircraft disabled yet completed his planned bombing run. Same with this story completing the aerial photo mission to assist the war effort. Amazing. Great post Kip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Had a great conversation with a Bombardier from WWII several years ago. Mentioned we were entering a Flour Bombing contest at the local flying club. He actually drew up a plan to build a crude (but effictive) bomb sight for our contest. Once we got the hang of it it actually worked pretty well. These guys were the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, boestar said: Had a great conversation with a Bombardier from WWII several years ago. Mentioned we were entering a Flour Bombing contest at the local flying club. He actually drew up a plan to build a crude (but effictive) bomb sight for our contest. Once we got the hang of it it actually worked pretty well. These guys were the real deal. Did you win ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 2nd place but only becaue the bag of flour hit the main wheel on the way out the door and exploded in mid air. Air Bursts dont count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Back in '94, one of my students scored an honourable mention at the local bombing contest. Her bomb - (we used barf bags filled with sand) - went through the windshield on a car belonging to one of the flying club members. He believed he had parked far enough away to be safe. WRONG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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