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Old Man with a Hat
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Old Man with a Hat
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Old Man with a Hat
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With its 8 .50 guns, the P-47 had the highest weight of fire power of an US Fighter in WWII. Of course, the 16 of the A-26 was twice as much, but it was not a Fighter.
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Wow, an early B-24! My Great Uncle flew B-17s in the Eighth. He told me once he always appreciated when 24s were on the same mission as his Fortresses were. Why? Because, even though they flew faster, they also flew at a lower altitude; the German fighters would, naturally, attack them first.
He flew in '43-'44. Two of his last five missions were the first daylight bombing raids of Berlin. On one, 60 planes were lost (I had his flight record until my Mom made me give it to him. He wanted me to keep it, but my Mom, well, she had issues.) While reviewing his mission record he told me he KNEW he was going to die over Berlin. He didn't....
He flew in '43-'44. Two of his last five missions were the first daylight bombing raids of Berlin. On one, 60 planes were lost (I had his flight record until my Mom made me give it to him. He wanted me to keep it, but my Mom, well, she had issues.) While reviewing his mission record he told me he KNEW he was going to die over Berlin. He didn't....
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Taken from Facebook. While this is not nose art, it is neat:
Funny historical fact:
In 1942, Bell Aircrafts secretly built America's first jet, the P-59 Airacomet. Up until this point, a propeller was as important to a plane as tires were to a car. To keep this new project top secret, the P-59 was fitted with a fake propeller that it wore everywhere but in the air. One of the test pilots for the P-59 was a man named Jack Woolams. Jack didn't care one bit about this secrecy and made a hobby out of flying his jet as close to other planes as possible. To make these sighting even more special, he would dress up for the occasion. When men would go to the Air Force psychologist saying that they had seen a “loud, fast propellerless plane piloted by a gorilla in a derby hat, waving a stogie!” the psychologists would tell them, “That is impossible! How can a plane fly without a propeller?”
Funny historical fact:
In 1942, Bell Aircrafts secretly built America's first jet, the P-59 Airacomet. Up until this point, a propeller was as important to a plane as tires were to a car. To keep this new project top secret, the P-59 was fitted with a fake propeller that it wore everywhere but in the air. One of the test pilots for the P-59 was a man named Jack Woolams. Jack didn't care one bit about this secrecy and made a hobby out of flying his jet as close to other planes as possible. To make these sighting even more special, he would dress up for the occasion. When men would go to the Air Force psychologist saying that they had seen a “loud, fast propellerless plane piloted by a gorilla in a derby hat, waving a stogie!” the psychologists would tell them, “That is impossible! How can a plane fly without a propeller?”
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