B-24 Liberator Bomber
Feb 23, 2021 16:18:33 #
This photograph was taken at a mini-airshow at Portland (ME) Jetport. In the background is a B-25 Mitchell bomber.
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fjdarling
Loc: Mesa, Arizona, USA
Beautiful specimens. That nose gunner had quite a view, but may have felt really vulnerable.
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Rob48 wrote:
This photograph was taken at a mini-airshow at Portland (ME) Jetport. In the background is a B-25 Mitchell bomber.
I actually saw the same plane, "Witchcraft", at an air show in NJ. My dad was a bombardier in a B-24 and I got the opportunity to crawl around inside the plane. I couldn't get to sit in his seat because of the location but had goosebumps (and a few tears).
Feb 24, 2021 06:05:10 #
My late father-in-law Al Wallace captained one of these things as a kid and was shot down twice in WW II. One of the best things I have ever done in my life is surprise my wife and her sister with a short flight in Witchcraft over Dallas 3-4 years ago. It caused some smiles and some tears. I grew up in Fort Worth where they built so many of these things. And it was where Captain Wallace, a Pennsylvania farm boy learned to fly a 24 when he was just 19.
Feb 24, 2021 06:56:48 #
Rob48 wrote:
This photograph was taken at a mini-airshow at Portland (ME) Jetport. In the background is a B-25 Mitchell bomber.
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