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Offline lyric1

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Convertable B-17'S?
« on: October 04, 2011, 03:34:18 PM »
Why would some one take this aircraft.




Then turn it into a convertable?












The answer is.

Operation Aphrodite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3054268/Re_Operation_Aphrodite.html 
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2011, 03:45:17 PM »
This guy would have been president if he hadn't been one of the pilots and blown up.  Instead his little brother gets shipwrecked in the Pacific and is lifted on shoulders into the White House.




Had this plane been successful, there would have been no need to use BQ7 (B-17s) or BQ8s (B-24s) and risk the lives of the flight crews.



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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2011, 05:25:43 PM »
Quote from: lyric1 on October 04, 2011, 03:34:18 PM
Why would some one take this aircraft.


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Then turn it into a convertable?

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The answer is.

Operation Aphrodite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3054268/Re_Operation_Aphrodite.html 
Lets see if i understand this right:

they took the B17s, loaded them with explosives, then flew them into bunkers or some other target?. and the b17s were "convertibles" to allow the pilot to bail out.

Is this correct?
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Offline AHTbolt

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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2011, 05:36:24 PM »
It's true they were radio controlled from a mother plane, after the pilot bailed out. The pilot took off got the plane to alt and rough course and when the mother plane had control bailed out. I have a book on the operation somewhere.
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2011, 09:21:37 PM »
That is retarded. Without clicking on any of the links I can tell this probably didn't even work as planned.

Edit: I was right.
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2011, 12:24:21 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on October 04, 2011, 03:45:17 PM
This guy would have been president if he hadn't been one of the pilots and blown up.  Instead his little brother gets shipwrecked in the Pacific and is lifted on shoulders into the White House.

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Had this plane been successful, there would have been no need to use BQ7 (B-17s) or BQ8s (B-24s) and risk the lives of the flight crews.
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What plane is that AKAK?
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2011, 01:26:14 PM »
Quote from: MK-84 on October 06, 2011, 12:24:21 PM
What plane is that AKAK?

XBQ-2A, later changed to ZXBQ-2A.

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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2011, 06:24:31 AM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on October 04, 2011, 03:45:17 PM
This guy would have been president if he hadn't been one of the pilots and blown up.  Instead his little brother gets shipwrecked in the Pacific and is lifted on shoulders into the White House.
(Image removed from quote.)


Had this plane been successful, there would have been no need to use BQ7 (B-17s) or BQ8s (B-24s) and risk the lives of the flight crews.
(Image removed from quote.)


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Robert Kennedy?
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2011, 02:58:22 PM »
Quote from: olds442 on October 07, 2011, 06:24:31 AM
Robert Kennedy?

No, Joseph Kennedy, he was JFKs older brother
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2011, 03:27:40 PM »
Quote from: olds442 on October 07, 2011, 06:24:31 AM
Robert Kennedy?
Quote from: Raptor05121 on October 07, 2011, 02:58:22 PM
No, Joseph Kennedy, he was JFKs older brother

Yep, the drone blew up in the air as he was setting the plane to remote control. The target, I believe, was in France to a V-2 rocket test site.
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2011, 10:00:15 AM »
Quote from: Raptor05121 on October 07, 2011, 02:58:22 PM
No, Joseph Kennedy, he was JFKs older brother
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2011, 02:21:58 PM »
Quote from: Raptor05121 on October 04, 2011, 09:21:37 PM
That is retarded. Without clicking on any of the links I can tell this probably didn't even work as planned.

Well, even the Germans tried it. Except theirs were Ju-88s strapped to the bottom of FW-190s.
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Re: Convertable B-17'S?
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2011, 12:01:30 AM »
Quote from: OOZ662 on October 09, 2011, 02:21:58 PM
Well, even the Germans tried it. Except theirs were Ju-88s strapped to the bottom of FW-190s.

I've read that. People were getting desperate, weren't they?
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