And you have to remember that these planes were not pressurized and had no
heat.
The fliers froze their butts off during the missions which because of their
slow speed took many hours. I salute those guys as it took guts to fly in
those tin cans in the face of enemy fire especially before the P51s and P47s
were able to escort them to their targets.
Many brave fliers were lost fighting for our freedoms.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Davesmbox@aol.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:47 PM
Subject: More fun than roadsters OT
> I love my roadsters but today I FLEW in a B24 Liberator WW2 bomber. My
God.
> I want one but there is only one left flying and at $3200 and hour in gas
and
> maintenence I think I will need to stick with the Datsun. But OH MY GOD
what
> a trip. Climbed all over it, sat in the turrets. I could only imagine what
> those 19 year old kids thought 55 years ago as they were strapped in the
same
> section of floor that I sat in as they went off to war.
> What a trip.
> Dave
>
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