B-17 Bomber Mission Logs, tgoviper's granpa

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B-17 Bomber Mission Logs, tgoviper's granpa

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tgoviper wrote:HO HO HO...

Thought I'd share the following with everybody.

For those of you that don't know, my grandfather was a B-17 pilot in WW2.
He flew for the 379th Bomb Group, 526 Squadron; out of Kimbolton Field in England.

Recently I had the opportunity to take a ride on a B-17 and I thought I'd share the experience with all of you.

Merry Christmas, enjoy!!!
(in-flight clips are a little loud)
[Intro]
[Starting Up]
[Taxi]
[Take-Off]
[In-flight: Waist Gunners]
[In-flight: Pilot / bomb-bay]
[In-flight: Bombardier]
[Landing]

ALSO:

Here's a picture of my grandpa and his crew (he's back row, left; right under the engine)

He successfully made it through all 25 missions required in a combat tour at the time and he kept a log of each mission. He hand wrote them all and a few years after the war he typed them up. Here is [mission #1]. If there's continued interest I'll post a mission from time to time until all 25 are up.

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I'll try to keep these updated as he adds them to the forums. This is some very neat reading. You want to know what it was like, here ya go.

Stay tuned for more.

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http://www.alliedhq.wwiionline.com/foru ... te&p=32724
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Post by hiiamben »

Cool stuff kiz!! my uncle was a top turret gunner/ radio operator on the b-17. He doesn't talk much about it ho. Guess it brings up too many bad memories.
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Post by tgoVIPER »

Hope you all enjoy.

I'll remember to swing by and update everyone when I post a new log entry. I'll probably build a website for it and then just post a link instead of creating a whole post on a bunch of different forums.

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Happy Holidays!!!

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Ben,

I've recently been talking to my uncle, retired Army Colonel, about Vietnam. It's hard. However, if you can sit down with him and record what he remembers, you'll thank yourself for it and so will he. Lest we forget, we are doomed to repeat the past.
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