Crimea_River
Marshal
Okee thanks.
Picture of the day.
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Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Just taking the bomber out for a drink.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Caption - "Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Octupus punching machine working on parts for B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombers."
Source - U. S. Library of Congress
Source - U. S. Library of Congress
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Meanwhile, in Inglewood...
Caption - "Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Model makers prepare accurately scaled miniatures of planes built at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Here an experimental model of the P-51 ("Mustang") is being finished for wind tunnel and other tests. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe."
Source - U. S. Library of Congress
Caption - "Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Model makers prepare accurately scaled miniatures of planes built at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. Here an experimental model of the P-51 ("Mustang") is being finished for wind tunnel and other tests. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe."
Source - U. S. Library of Congress
michaelmaltby
Colonel
"Dieppe" .... "prominence" .... ? Bloody Hell ... 
michaelmaltby
Colonel
The Lancaster Mk.III JN-X "Get Sum Inn" , ND801 of no.75 (NZ) Squadron RAF..
the pic source: ND801 JN-X 'Get Sum Inn', 86 Ops – QED
the pic source: Lancaster Mk.III ND801 JN-V 'Get Sum Inn' | 75(nz)squadron
and also... Avro Lancaster ND801 'Get Sum Inn' images - Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum
the pic source: Lancaster Mk.III ND801 JN-V 'Get Sum Inn' | 75(nz)squadron
and also... Avro Lancaster ND801 'Get Sum Inn' images - Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum
Map of Eighth Air Force mission #677 to Cologne on October 14, 1944. From the estate of Harold Motz, navigator on the Westrope crew, 708th squadron, 447th bomb group.
UPL 26160 | American Air Museum in Britain
Mission 677: 1,040 bombers and 491 fighters are dispatched to make PFF attacks on Cologne, Germany; 5 bombers are lost:
1. 434 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Gereon marshalling yard (326); 1 hits a target of opportunity; 2 B-17s are lost and 93 damaged; 3 airmen are
WIA and 20 MIA. Escort is provided by 141 of 153 P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
2. 318 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Gremberg (127) and Eifelter (121) marshalling yards; 9 others hit Euskirchen; 3 B-24s are lost, 1 damaged
beyond repair and 137 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 20 MIA. Escort is provided by 177 of 184 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
3. 314 of 379 B-17s hit the secondary target, the Gereon marshalling yard; 1 other hits a target of opportunity; 2 B-17s are damaged beyond repair and
123 damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 3 WIA. Escort is provided by 151 of 154 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
"See this Igor? This is real leather."
