[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help] 

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

Farage Pledges Reform Government Would Create Ministry For Deportations He just EXPOSED his OWN Network…🤣🤣🤣 U.K. releases first-ever nationality-based migrant crime data amid political turmoil We Are Being Warned That There Will Be Empty Shelves Throughout The U.S. “Starting In A Couple Of Weeks” AGENT of UKRAINIAN INTEL ARRESTED by FSB for RUSSIAN GENERAL Rep. Adam Schiff’s Car Ransacked in San Francisco, Forcing Him to Give Speech in Hiking Vest "Bloodbath": Panic Ensues After Trump Admin Takes Wrecking Ball To DOJ's Woke Civil Rights Division "iPhone Moment" Nears For Humanoid Robots "It's WORSE Than COVID!" 60 Minutes Fearmonger Doctor says new pandemic is already here 🚨RFK Jr Announces BAN on Food Dyes in U.S. by FDA | 'Make America Healthy Again!' Trump, Biden attend solemn funeral for Pope Francis Mortgage Rates Plummet | Economic Stagflation | Property Tax and ISD Bond Fraud The Most Controversial Logos Explained in 13 Minutes Insanity in Europe state and county officials had stolen more than $1 billion from Nassau Medical Center since 2006. Democrat Mayor says arresting illegals makes communities "less safe." Trump Labor Dept Threatens States Giving Unemployment Benefits To Illegals SNAP crackdown cuts undocumented recipients as SAVE system enforces Trump welfare order Daniela Cambone: Fed’s Desperate Bid to Stop Gold Price - Why it Will Backfire Who is David Hamblin and Why Was He Accused of Ritual Abuse? 'Funniest Thing I've Read All Day': Elon Musk Mocks Zelensky For Claiming Every U.S. Taxpayer Dollar Is Accounted For Property Tax FORECLOSURES Skyrocket | Seizing Senior Citizen Homes There's a reason Pfizer and the FDA wanted this information hidden for 75 years. Dr. Oz, the new administrator of Medicare, says theyÂ’ve found BILLIONS in fraud already, Just 2% of Americans think Congress is clean. US Can Produce Rare Earths If China Stops Exports - But There's A Catch Trump Signs Major Executive Order: This Commonplace School Rule Is Anti-Woke Musk's SHOCKING SHIFT Raises Questions! Alina Habba Says New Jersey Governor and Attorney General Are Under Investigation Israel Is Using Suicide Drones to Target Displaced Palestinian Families Sheltering in Tents

History
See other History Articles

Title: “Our Worst Mission” WW2 Bomber Gunner | Memoirs Of WWII #24
Source: [None]
URL Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs82YgHYwNM
Published: Jun 5, 2020
Author: Memoirs of WWII
Post Date: 2020-09-07 19:37:49 by BTP Holdings
Keywords: None
Views: 414
Comments: 3

B-17 gunner Leon Waldman recounts several of his fifty bombing missions over German-patrolled skies, including one so dangerous that his survival left him with the feeling of being reborn.

Poster Comment:

Leon is lucky he has vivid memories.

Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread  

#1. To: BTP Holdings, Lod, noone222, randge, All (#0)

Five years later, 1950, we were given B-29s with all guns except tail mount removed. No protection at all. Our task? If sent we would carry an A-bomb into Russia. It was suicide. That is war.

Cynicom  posted on  2020-09-07   21:32:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Why would they remove most of the guns from the plane? To reduce weight so the plane could go faster and/or farther?

StraitGate  posted on  2020-09-07   22:26:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

To reduce weight so the plane could go faster and/or farther?

The Fat Man A-bomb weighed 5 tons. It took up the entire forward bomb bay. The rear bomb bay carried an extra fuel tank for aerial refueling.

Extra range was what was needed, so all but tail guns were stripped out.

Mass penetration ensured a few would get into Russia.

Odds were overwhelmingly against getting in, let alone coming out.

Cynicom  posted on  2020-09-08   6:51:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help]