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.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Crewman squeezing into turret of B-17E Flying Fortress. Location: Tampa, FL, US Date taken: 1942
My father flew this position. 15th AF out of Italy. He didn’t like the ball turret. Too cramped. Preferred nose gunner. He survived the war and came back to raise a family with his life long love, my mother. A man I could only hope to be.
Like a hand in a glove.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention front turret. Bravery beyond belief. Remember, the Japanese & Germans just "knew" Americans were pus***s. The Italians knew better.
ReplyDeleteOH! The US is now Moose-O-Linis "corporatist" system (aka Fascist) society.
Safest crew position in the B17 apparently although I guess that's relative when everywhere is dangerous.
ReplyDeleteMy father flew this position. 15th AF out of Italy. He didn’t like the ball turret. Too cramped. Preferred nose gunner.
ReplyDeleteHe survived the war and came back to raise a family with his life long love, my mother.
A man I could only hope to be.