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re: The B-17 Flying Fortress was one tough bird
Posted on 3/26/15 at 9:23 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 3/26/15 at 9:23 pm to Darth_Vader
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nd he's totally enclosed in that little thing and it's slung under the belly of this big bird flying at over 20,000 feet.
Can't copy the whole post clause mobile on IOS blows but there aren't enough :bows: for this
And to think I'm nervous/sort of scared to fly on a commercial airliner, I should be shot for cowardice
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Posted on 3/26/15 at 9:36 pm to terd ferguson
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The only thing tougher than those planes were the men in them
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Posted on 3/26/15 at 9:41 pm to Hurricane Mike
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I got to go inside the B-17 and B-24 during the Wings of Freedom tour a couple weeks ago. I feel bad for some of those gunners.
A large amount of them were French and Italian Americans because of their small stature.
And correct on the parachute. Low level bailing out you had no chance. My father jumped all over the South Pacific as an Army Paratrooper and they jumped between 600 and 700 feet which is very low but they jumped off static lines. No need to pull the cord. He said you hit the ground like a stone but that was a testament to survival. You didn't want to float and get shot at. His 2 bullet wounds from being shot in the air were a sight to see.
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