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Cool video of B17 flying out of Renton, Wa over the Cascades
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<blockquote data-quote="garyahouse" data-source="post: 1401294" data-attributes="member: 20946"><p>This is an amazing story: Normally, Dad worked in ordinance: he loaded and "armed" bombs before each flight. But dad got his chance to fly perhaps 6 combat missions when they scabbed together a crew for a B17. Dad was the tail gunner during all but one of those missions. But on that fateful mission, the man who normally manned the turret gun under the belly of the plane asked Dad if they could switch places, explaining that he was feeling sick. Dad agreed and for that one mission he was spinning around in the ball turret. However, it was that day that the rear end of the plane was shot up and that other fella was killed in action. Dad lived to tell that story and I've often wondered if I'd even be here if that switch hadn't taken place.</p><p></p><p>About 15 years ago, I took dad and his best friend Doc up to the Brooksville airport to see a B17 and a B29 that had flown in. What an experience it was for him to see and hear the old war bird again. Dad's been gone now for 8 years, but Doc is in his early 90's and still tells of being a 16 year old cook on board a military transport ship in the navy working out of Pearl Harbor starting just after the bombing. Recently he was describing the scene when he arrived in Pearl for the first time. He said the harbor was still full of oil.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af111/airbornepirate/B17/2009_0226b170069.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="garyahouse, post: 1401294, member: 20946"] This is an amazing story: Normally, Dad worked in ordinance: he loaded and "armed" bombs before each flight. But dad got his chance to fly perhaps 6 combat missions when they scabbed together a crew for a B17. Dad was the tail gunner during all but one of those missions. But on that fateful mission, the man who normally manned the turret gun under the belly of the plane asked Dad if they could switch places, explaining that he was feeling sick. Dad agreed and for that one mission he was spinning around in the ball turret. However, it was that day that the rear end of the plane was shot up and that other fella was killed in action. Dad lived to tell that story and I've often wondered if I'd even be here if that switch hadn't taken place. About 15 years ago, I took dad and his best friend Doc up to the Brooksville airport to see a B17 and a B29 that had flown in. What an experience it was for him to see and hear the old war bird again. Dad's been gone now for 8 years, but Doc is in his early 90's and still tells of being a 16 year old cook on board a military transport ship in the navy working out of Pearl Harbor starting just after the bombing. Recently he was describing the scene when he arrived in Pearl for the first time. He said the harbor was still full of oil. [IMG]https://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af111/airbornepirate/B17/2009_0226b170069.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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