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.
"41-2540 crashed in Texas in 1943 on a war bond tour, masquerading as Suzy Q, although it never saw combat."
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ReplyDeleteThank you....
DeleteThat's very cool...when young males were actual Men.
ReplyDeleteJust a guess. Early in the war as there's the red circle in the white star.
ReplyDeletePre-war or early war, prior to May 1942
DeleteVery good, Randy!
DeleteB-17E.
Training mission over Florida, March 1942.
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/474847/41-2540/12540
Are these early B-17Es? I don't see the ball turret that was added during the E model production run.
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If I remember corectly, over 50...thousand crewmen died flying the '17....
ReplyDeleteThis is stateside. Training.
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In Formation
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