Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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  1. Wait. Where's the skid marks? Oh, evidently on the crew's underwear.

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    1. Brake failure thus no visible skid-marks.

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    2. Brake failure. Shoulda tossed out the sea anchor.

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    3. The only hydraulics on the B-29 were the brakes iirc.
      I'll research to find the origin and ac details.
      Great shot.

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  2. That's one time I'd be thrilled to be a tail gunner.

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    1. I think the tail gunner may have been instantaneously promoted to nose gunner upon landing.

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  3. Is that Iwo Jima? Looks a little like Mt Suribachi in the background.

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    1. An images search found it. Says specifically that Mt. Suribachi is in the background.

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  4. “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Bang Ding Ow.”

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  5. “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Bang Ding Ow.”

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  6. 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.

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    1. Yes. Iwo Jima was an emergency landing field for B-29's that saved thousands of lives.

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