The day the B-17 visited our airport
Dec 14, 2019 13:40:32 #
flyboy61
Loc: The Great American Desert
RTCreed wrote:
Great shots of a B-17G. My father used to do business with some German manufacturers in the 70's and used to tell them that he hadn't needed a passport to visit in the past. He was obviously a very sensitive guy from the 8th Air Corp.
I bet he told them he didn't land, either!
Dec 14, 2019 14:18:25 #
Very nice pictures. Getting to be the end for the good ole B17. Put a 34' boat on the bottom, hanging from the Bomb Bay and you'll have the B-17 I flew in the Air Sea Rescue for two years in the Phillipines.
That was back in WWII.
That was back in WWII.
Dec 15, 2019 17:10:46 #
flyboy61
Loc: The Great American Desert
papootoo wrote:
Very nice pictures. Getting to be the end for the good ole B17. Put a 34' boat on the bottom, hanging from the Bomb Bay and you'll have the B-17 I flew in the Air Sea Rescue for two years in the Phillipines.
That was back in WWII.
That was back in WWII.
Thank you! I used to see B=17s with the boat attached flying out of Morrison Field (now Palm Beach International airport) when I was 4 or so. Thank you for your service! That particular B-17 was made 4 years after I was born...1943...they are getting rare, what with one thing and another.
Dec 15, 2019 22:36:12 #
RTCreed
Loc: Forest Park, IL
Nope, he came back, married and had eight children. Despite that I believe he suffered from what we now call PTS, for he was never a happy camper.
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