Author Topic: Un-freaking-believeable B17 story! (Read 781 times)

Fishu · « **Reply #15 on:** August 13, 2003, 11:14:27 PM »

In WWIIOL forums it is Chickenpit

and guy with a nick hathc ock is hathchicken when said in the post

Krusher · « **Reply #16 on:** August 14, 2003, 07:40:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Vulcan
Not bad Rip, but how about this guy:

[Sergeant Ward continued to fly on operational sorties but on the night of 15 September 1941 he was killed during a bombing raid over Germany. He is buried in the Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #17 on:** August 14, 2003, 07:47:41 AM »

Great story Vulc!
*Thank you for sharing!

*for ease of Nash's conscience

Hortlund · « **Reply #18 on:** August 14, 2003, 07:59:13 AM »

What exactly was the Wellington airframe made of? Im guessing not titanium or aluminum...

gofaster · « **Reply #19 on:** August 14, 2003, 08:02:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Tarmac
what's the world coming to when an airplane BB filters out the word "nosepit"?

My thoughts exactly.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #20 on:** August 14, 2003, 11:06:47 AM »

mason22 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 14, 2003, 12:04:03 PM »

so....Russo (the ball turret gunner in the top plane) didn't make it out? did i miss something?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #22 on:** August 14, 2003, 12:14:15 PM »

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Originally posted by mason22
so....Russo (the ball turret gunner in the top plane) didn't make it out? did i miss something?

Hmmm, good question...it did say "hopelessly" but doesn't report any further of his whereabouts afterwards..here's another account of it:
http://www.100thbg.com/mainpages/crews/crews5/rojohn.htm

krazyhorse · « **Reply #23 on:** August 14, 2003, 01:05:18 PM »

rip nice pic there, never seen 2 B17's humping before, thanks for the thread