And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Mount Suribachi in the back ground. I ma sure they are happy as hell to have just landed. A lot of those planes, before Iwo Jima was taken, ended up swimming.
Wait. Where's the skid marks? Oh, evidently on the crew's underwear.
ReplyDeleteBrake failure thus no visible skid-marks.
DeleteBrake failure. Shoulda tossed out the sea anchor.
DeleteThe only hydraulics on the B-29 were the brakes iirc.
DeleteI'll research to find the origin and ac details.
Great shot.
That's one time I'd be thrilled to be a tail gunner.
ReplyDeleteI think the tail gunner may have been instantaneously promoted to nose gunner upon landing.
DeleteIs that Iwo Jima? Looks a little like Mt Suribachi in the background.
ReplyDeleteAn images search found it. Says specifically that Mt. Suribachi is in the background.
Delete“Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Bang Ding Ow.”
ReplyDelete“Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Bang Ding Ow.”
ReplyDeleteMount Suribachi in the back ground. I ma sure they are happy as hell to have just landed. A lot of those planes, before Iwo Jima was taken, ended up swimming.
ReplyDeleteYes. Iwo Jima was an emergency landing field for B-29's that saved thousands of lives.
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