B-17 Bomber Mission Logs, tgoviper's granpa
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 8:39 pm
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.
S!
= tgoVIPER
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.
AHC forum post:
http://www.alliedhq.wwiionline.com/foru ... te&p=32724