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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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And yes, I have always thought, what a lonely postition to man for a mission that might last 12+ hours!
I also can only imagine the fear that would come over you when a German fighter would be coming in at you head on! Or the Flack bursting right in front of you! I have thought the same thing where the tail gunner is concerned or bottom ball turent gunner! And as you stated, the entire mission rested on the lead bombardier, if he missed, everyone else did too!
Those guys will forever have my respect, just for the things that they did or had to do, because not only was it their job, but the fate of the free world depended on it!
Yeah, a lot of pressure at the seat.
My uncle was a waist gunner, other than the fear of not making it back, the cold was his biggest issue. Yeah, if they missed the target, they'd likely have to go back.
Mine too. Like you said, the fate of the free world depended on it.
-YD
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I have one shot on my account now, but I have more....many more heheh
Oh, and the chin turret could only be controlled with that grip, I've never heard that they could be fired from the cockpit. You might be thinking of a B-25
Cool, I just checked that out. Was it difficult to photograph while the plane was in flight? I always remember my uncle saying about the cold, the noise and the vibration of the plane.
Yeah, your right, A/B-26 Invader too. I'll have to edit that, thanks!
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nice photo, I like the old movies that shows the interior of the old bombardierīs and the sky figths
Thanks! Yeah, those old movies like 12 O'Clock High are great. The movie Memphis Belle was pretty good.
My uncle was a Aerial Combat Gunner on a B-17 called the Wild Hare, he flew on the last 22 bombing missions of the war in Europe.
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I know that was really difficult hit the main target,
I donīt remember that movies becaus here use a translated name
I search in google, for photos to remember if I see the movies.
22 bombing mission, wow, he have a lot of experience in combat.