http://www.historynet.com/yankee-doodle-goes-town.htm
Received this today. Good story about the first B-17 raid.
http://www.historynet.com/yankee-doodle-goes-town.htm
Received this today. Good story about the first B-17 raid.
Great story Bob!
Thanks for posting.
Excellent story. Glad you shared it.
A somewhat easy start. This beginning did not give the Americans any idea what they were getting into.
A little over 40 years ago the fellow in the next cubicle over from me at work was a waist gunner on a B-17 in the ETO. He was shot down over Germany on his last mission before being rotated home to become a trainer. He spent 1 1/2 years as a POW. Oh the stories he told. The guy in the cubicle in front of mine was a Pearl Harbor survivor. Lunchtime conversations were pretty darn interesting.
That was a good story, Bob. Thank you for posting the link.
Mainly because no one had ever done a proper test of "fighters vs. unescorted bombers". Had Claire Chennault had his way, there would have been such tests -- and the result would have been the immediate termination of most "strategic bombing" contracts and training, and everyone moving to the DH98 design concept (minimal crew; no defensive weapons; most payload one can fit inside; highest possible top speed; attacks delivered from treetop level).
I am sorry I didn't get stories from my uncle (radio op) and cousin (crew chief) but then again they may not have wanted to talk about those times.
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