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RE: A video of bombers that were forced to dogfight with fighter aircraft, and lived to tell the tale!
Real MEN for sure, especially the SBD, he had zero chance! They all did very well, with BAD situations.
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SBD? Steem-backed dollars?...lol...
Dauntless, ROFLOL I hadn't noticed the other, that is interesting! I am sure he would have rather had Steem Backed Dollars, than the Dauntless about then, I pitied the gunner!
:)LOL...I hear ya!
Can you imagine, a series of eight G turns while you are supposed to be shooting at the enemy planes? When fliers wash out because they can't handle the G forces, they move them to navigators, radio Men, and Gunners....
So he spent this whole battle in and out of consciousness! That sucks, because if you are out, you can't even bail out to save yourself!
:OWow...yeah Amazing. I would not ever make a good pilot. I get sick just going on little "whale watch" boats.
I think that SBD pilot just got Mad! That made him VERY dangerous, ROFLOL! When he understood that he couldn't run away, it left him no other option but to do the fight of his life!
The B-17 flight was the most decorated mission in WWII...is was that impressive!
:DGood story and great history. Thanks.
I always like finding a new one that I haven't seen or read before! I had read about the B-17, but the others were new to me, and that is getting harder to find.
:)LOL...I hear ya!
That plane would be worth a fortune in steem dollars today, ROFLOL! :)
:)Well, if it were restored, I suppose...lol... A pile of rust isn't worth THAT much.
Even a heap is worth a fortune these days. There are so few left in the World.
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They dug a P38 out of the ice, and the wreak was worth $100.000.00.
:)Wow. I didn't know that. Pretty neat. There must be a lot of restorers around.
No ,but the ones there are have a lot of money to throw around! And old war birds are very sought after!
I saw a video one time, that still haunts me, They had a crane with a newly arrived P-38 strapped to a cable. They were using it like a wreaking Ball, on other P-38s! That video still bothers me...
:'(