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.
The eyes on that gunner made me think he was English - a lot of the young English men of that period had that “look” - so I went looking.
That photo is of the tail gunner position of an RAF Liberator Mark II with No. 159 Squadron in Fayid, Egypt. This is a very early Liberator, especially made for the RAF. It has twin Browning M1919 guns modified to shoot British .303. The open tail gunner position was later replaced in the field with an electric turret.
from the 1928 operetta “New Moon,” with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II:
"Give me some men who are stout-hearted men, who will fight, for the right they adore, Start me with ten who are stout-hearted men, and I'll soon give you ten thousand more. Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder, they grow as they go to the fore."
Why in the world doesnt somebody manufacture an exact copy of the WW2 Jeep? Everybody wants one...much neater than an ATV. If you do start the company, I'll be in touch for my commission.
I've driven both those old jeeps and Humvees through the southwest desert and I can say the Humvees go more places than a jeep ever could but if you wanna have fun those old jeeps are a blast.
My guess is lawyers. No way that vehicle would meet safety or emissions standards of today. It's a damn shame too, a vehicle like that without a ton of computers in it could be built for a much more reasonable cost.
B-24?
ReplyDeleteThe image shows a tail gunner with twin machine guns in the tail turret of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.
DeleteVia Googley eyes - Nemo
That's where it gets cold and lonely....
ReplyDeleteMust be a trippy view out the back of that thing at 20k ft.
ReplyDeleteThe eyes on that gunner made me think he was English - a lot of the young English men of that period had that “look” - so I went looking.
ReplyDeleteThat photo is of the tail gunner position of an RAF Liberator Mark II with No. 159 Squadron in Fayid, Egypt. This is a very early Liberator, especially made for the RAF. It has twin Browning M1919 guns modified to shoot British .303. The open tail gunner position was later replaced in the field with an electric turret.
My thoughts too on the Brit.
DeleteThe navy also had a lot of tail gunners...
ReplyDeletefrom the 1928 operetta “New Moon,” with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II:
ReplyDelete"Give me some men who are stout-hearted men, who will fight, for the right they adore,
Start me with ten who are stout-hearted men, and I'll soon give you ten thousand more.
Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder, they grow as they go to the fore."
Like to have that short box jeep pick up in the back ground.
ReplyDeleteWhy in the world doesnt somebody manufacture an exact copy of the WW2 Jeep? Everybody wants one...much neater than an ATV. If you do start the company, I'll be in touch for my commission.
ReplyDeleteBecause you can find CJ-2 flat top Jeeps on FB Marketplace from $1500 on up, depending on their condition.
DeleteI've driven both those old jeeps and Humvees through the southwest desert and I can say the Humvees go more places than a jeep ever could but if you wanna have fun those old jeeps are a blast.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is lawyers. No way that vehicle would meet safety or emissions standards of today. It's a damn shame too, a vehicle like that without a ton of computers in it could be built for a much more reasonable cost.
ReplyDelete2018-19 Roxor Want one pretty bad.
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