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Old 05-15-2010, 07:02 PM
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Imagine riding in one without proper hearing protection... not to mention the unpressurized cabin. Oh then there are the Germans!!

I knew a guy when I was a kid that was a B-17 commander. Seem's they were hit with flak(he guesses) and he was blown clean away from the acft. He woke up just in time to pull the rip cord... spent the rest of the war as a POW. He was the only survivor of his crew.

I wonder what the fuel burn is on 4 wright radials?
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