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.
Great catches. Compare the view from the GIF to https://maritime.org/the-san-francisco-changing-waterfront/. Those are the piers on the Bay side of Telegraph Hill. IFRC, not having the movie since the 'oughts or the teens, Oakland's where they go feet dry. The 'Frisco Bay stands in for Tokyo Bay. Yes, I know that we don't say "'Frisco". Cut me a hus; okay?
Au contraire. It pisses homegrown Friscans off to refer to the city by the bay as Frisco. This is why the rest of California does it; it puts them in their place. ;)
Back in the 90's one of the people that volunteered at the hospital I worked at was a pilot who had flown B25's in the Pacific during WWII. The stories he could tell were amazing. Tried to get him to write an autobiography about his long and interesting life but he wasn't interested. He was too busy still doing things.
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-25/40-2261.html this link indicates "After the raid, this bomber ditched in the China Sea west of Shangchow in China." This cannot be accurate as the China Sea is east of the mainland. There is no place currently called "Shangchow" in China but it might be Shangrao if this map https://i0.wp.com/militaryhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Doolittle_Raid_Map.svg.png?w=1680&ssl=1 is anything close to accurate. And the reference is that the plane ditched - not crashed, and the flight engineer swam back to the wreck to get the medical kit. So I would think it is more likely the plane ditched just off of Zheijiang province somewhere, maybe in Hangzhou Bay or off the Zheijiang islands. That could make a water ditching be west of a body of land, and since Hangzhou Bay is connected to the East China Sea - that might be something to think about.
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-25/40-2261.html
ReplyDeleteOne of the Doolittle planes.
The Doolittle planes were B models, not D.
DeleteFor the movie, they recreated Ted Lawson's flight under the Golden Gate
From MGM's Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo with Oakland portraying Tokyo.
ReplyDeleteThe ~80-year old, live-action, air-to-air shots still are amazing and exciting.
That’s SF in the background as you just make out the base of Coit Tower.
ReplyDeleteThe north GGB tower too. That is a really nice GIF!
DeleteI’d didn’t see that initially, but you are correct.
DeleteGreat catches. Compare the view from the GIF to https://maritime.org/the-san-francisco-changing-waterfront/. Those are the piers on the Bay side of Telegraph Hill. IFRC, not having the movie since the 'oughts or the teens, Oakland's where they go feet dry. The 'Frisco Bay stands in for Tokyo Bay. Yes, I know that we don't say "'Frisco". Cut me a hus; okay?
DeleteAu contraire. It pisses homegrown Friscans off to refer to the city by the bay as Frisco.
DeleteThis is why the rest of California does it; it puts them in their place. ;)
How about 'feces hole'?
DeleteThat's the plane that went on the insane mission to bomb Tokyo. God bless each and every one of the air crews.
ReplyDeleteEarly model B-25. Top turret is in the waist, not the cockpit. Historically accurate. I need to watch that again.
ReplyDeleteThirty Seconds Over Tokyo--
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At the 1:21:26 mark, those hills in the background are the Sutter Buttes near Yuba City, CA.
I love your aviation posts! More please and thank you. I am a "helper" at the NMUSAF (Air Force Museum)
ReplyDeleteDucks on the wall!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2WqalhGWC8
Back in the 90's one of the people that volunteered at the hospital I worked at was a pilot who had flown B25's in the Pacific during WWII. The stories he could tell were amazing. Tried to get him to write an autobiography about his long and interesting life but he wasn't interested. He was too busy still doing things.
ReplyDeleteAnd sadly, that B-25 pilot's legacy went to the grave when he died.
DeleteTed Lawson was pilot of Ruptured Duck. In the 50's he worked for Reynolds Metals in LA. My Mom was his secretary.
ReplyDeleteDon in Oregon
Thats Van Johnson.
ReplyDeletehttps://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-25/40-2261.html this link indicates "After the raid, this bomber ditched in the China Sea west of Shangchow in China." This cannot be accurate as the China Sea is east of the mainland. There is no place currently called "Shangchow" in China but it might be Shangrao if this map https://i0.wp.com/militaryhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Doolittle_Raid_Map.svg.png?w=1680&ssl=1 is anything close to accurate. And the reference is that the plane ditched - not crashed, and the flight engineer swam back to the wreck to get the medical kit. So I would think it is more likely the plane ditched just off of Zheijiang province somewhere, maybe in Hangzhou Bay or off the Zheijiang islands. That could make a water ditching be west of a body of land, and since Hangzhou Bay is connected to the East China Sea - that might be something to think about.
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