Posted: 12/13/2011 1:38:43 PM EDT
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I've always heard that they lost many more planes to flak than enemy fighters.
My dad was a bombardier and he was shot down twice, both times by flack. The second time they were flying over the Rhine. He commented to the pilot that the barges looked so peaceful that you would not know a war was going on. Suddenly the hatches flipped open and 88mm flack guns raised. The plane took several hits and had to ditch in occupied Belgium. The underground got the entire crew thru German lines to link up up with British forces. He traded his M1911 .45 (combat loss) for a HKS Mauser the underground had taken off of a dead German officer. I inherited that pistol and had it until an unfortunate boating accident. |
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i got to ride in one of the ones still flying 15 years ago, i think its still in the air. was a lot cheaper than what they are asking as ticket price now. it was fun and surprisingly it was the smoothest landing i have ever felt while flying in a plane. its odd when it first starts up and the cabin fills with smoke and fumes. got to stick my head out the rear observation port that this model had a little bit behind the top turret. all those pics i have on film though and not scanned in. seems like one or two here may have taken a ride too.
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