My Dad did it 30 times in a B24. He was the bombardier. You can read about his missions at this site maintained by the son of his radio operator:The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:18 pm It’s remarkable that people went up in those things, mission after mission after mission, with such a high attrition and mortality rate, and then they continued to still climb into them. That took stones the size of boxcars.
These aircraft deserve better than the neglect given the Memphis Belle.
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