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• Jun 30, 2021

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• Jun 30, 2021

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syscom3 said:

A premature detonation of a bomb has destroyed this B17. Note the life raft stowage hatch was jarred open.

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That's the radio compartment...he must have been smoking...an incendiary.

 

• Jun 30, 2021

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A B17 with some damage.

 

• Jun 30, 2021

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Yeah, you're gonna need a little more than duct tape for that.

 

• Jul 1, 2021

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Greg Boeser said:

Yeah, you're gonna need a little more than duct tape for that.

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Duct tape fixes everything.

 

• Jul 1, 2021

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• Jul 1, 2021

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not a lot happened in all that time.

 

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• Jul 1, 2021

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• Jul 1, 2021

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B-17 41-24537 Talisman of 5th AF 43rd BG, 63rd BS at Mareeba The Pacific Wrecks website has a great summary of this fine aircraft.

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• Jul 2, 2021

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• Jul 3, 2021

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• Jul 3, 2021

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syscom3 said:

B-17 41-24537 Talisman of 5th AF 43rd BG, 63rd BS at Mareeba The Pacific Wrecks website has a great summary of this fine aircraft.

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B-17F-20-BO 41-24537 delivered to Cheyenne Aug 2, 1942; assigned to 43rd BG, 63rd BS at Hickam Sep 10, 1942, named ("Talisman"); carried GEN
McArthur to observe a parachute invasion of Nadzab Sep 5, 1943; RETUS and crashlanded at Jackson Field, FL
Apr 24, 1943; repaired; after the war it was used as a hack by MAJ GEN Frink, Supply CO of SW Pacific and
re-named ("USASOS War-Horse"). Salvaged Sep 9, 1945

 

• Jul 3, 2021

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Yankee Doodle of the 99th Bomb Group on the way to bomb Turin, Italy, 8 November 1943

 

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• Jul 3, 2021

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syscom3 said:

A B17 with some damage.

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I'll just have this propeller off in a jiffy, and we'll have you back on your way!

 

• Jul 3, 2021

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the Internet: Behind the front, Poland, 1939

 

• Jul 4, 2021

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the Internet: Behind the front, Poland, 1939View attachment 630944

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Now that you have your hands up, I'll toss the hotdogs.

 

• Jul 4, 2021

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• Jul 4, 2021

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Interesting! In American dictionaries, the spelling would be "BAIL." Do the Brits spell this differently?

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