Three big WWII bombers spent the weekend at Moffet Federal Airfield.
While $425 for a 1/2-hour ride on one was a bit steep, $10 for a tour
inside was just right. So I brought cameras and more lenses than I needed.
Look inside and you'll understand how dedicated the young airmen had
to be to fly these planes over Europe and Asia in 1944-45. Some
gunners had nothing but canvas between them and cold air and enemy
fighters. There were none of the comforts you're accustomed to in
commercial air travel today, no insulation between the aircraft's
steel skin and the outside air, no comfortably-padded seats. You can
see pipes containing oil and hydraulic fluid, to move landing gear,
rudders and other control surfaces. Everything was designed and built
quickly in wartime.
Crews flew 50 missions before being furloughed home, if they
survived. Allied fighters finally had the range to accompany bombers
by 1944, so these big guys had the escorts they lacked in the early
years of the war.
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