Posted by aaron ford on December 03, 2011 at 07:35:41 from (98.157.96.130):
In Reply to: Re: Speaking of B-17's posted by Paul from MI on December 01, 2011 at 19:20:05:
This particular plane (or what it was painted to represent) made history because after passing through Regensburg they realized that they did not have enough gas and were going to have to ditch in the Med. After leaving the target, the navigator set a course different than the squadron route. He chose a more direct path that, while exposing them to more AA, would ensure that they would have a better chance of making it. So upon landing in North Africa they started clambering out. It was then that a band struck up and a celebration began. It took a while to figure out that they had been the first to land and therefore were supposed to be General Curtis Lemay. Imagine a military band and parade for a skinny NC sharecropper!
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