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B17 navigator's diary (Read 230 times)

Feb 25^th, 2010 at 10:06am

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Fascinating excerpts from a navigator's WWII logs and diary...

http://www.ugw.name/file.axd?file=2010%2f1%2fB17-Logbook.pdf

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Reply #1 - Feb 25^th, 2010 at 12:39pm

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A cracking read Sean, a really good find.

Matt

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Reply #2 - Feb 25^th, 2010 at 7:15pm

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Interesting read Sean...

I remember my father and uncles talking about their flying experiences during the war. From 1939 to the end of 1941 before the United States entered the war there was no long range escort for allied bombers at all.

I found several entries very interesting:
10-24-43...English Air Cadets given rides
Must have been like an Air Force family day or something.

11-16-43...he tried to bail out several times...
It sure would give a fellow a lot to think about during those few seconds...wouldn't it?

Thanks for posting this... Wink