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syscom3
Pacific Historian
"Wasp" cadets getting a briefing. Their hair looks good so it must have been before the first flight of the day.
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A stern looking gent.
Churchill had probably told him he was less than impressed at the first attempt at a catapult launched fighter to protect convoys.
If that smoke cloud is from the refinery they are going miss the target by a lot.
From the looks of the altitude and the distance of the burning refinery to the aircraft where the photo was taken, they are several miles away. I doubt the bombers would be making a turn over the target, since loitering in the area is begging for accurate flak and/or enemy fighters.Why? They hit the refinery and its burning. Mission accomplished (sort of).
Typically, a bombing run's ingress/egress follows a straight path so they are not over the target area any longer than need be. It would be interesting to see the target ops for that day to see the diversity of targets.Bomb-bay doors look closed so perhaps the on the homeward leg.
Geo
Great find. A picture of the plane several moments later has been a part of B17 history for many decades.
I have never seen this view before.