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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-11-11 11:09 PM
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157. And originally they were known as the Confederate Air Force
I've had the pleasure of touring Fifi, the B-17 Texas Raider & a B-24. Would love to take a flight on one. Amazing how small & cramped the 17 & 24 are. I can't imagine being the guy in the ball turret, or being exposed to the below zero temps in electric flying suits.

Felt a connection to my uncle I never met who died in a B-24. Poor kid never even got to the war. Went down in a training accident 5 months before the end of the war in Europe.
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