a big boy, and starting that engine

The recent WWII bomber visit to the San Francisco Bay Area also included a B-17G Liberator, and a B-25 Mitchell. The Liberator was the mainstay of the U.S. Army Air Force, and the RAF used a few, too. 

The Liberator was majestic in flight:
http://tinyurl.com/2m6u24
http://tinyurl.com/2mf3ss

and in landing:
http://tinyurl.com/2om22e

The B-17 was originally designed in the late 1930s, and its lines show it:
http://tinyurl.com/35jke5

Some of the present-day crew were unusual for the airplane:
http://tinyurl.com/2v2jvd
The B-25 Mitchell was best known for the one-way bombing attack James Doolittle's squadron made on Tokyo, the first long-range bombing effort made by the U.S. after Pearl Harbor. 

There seemed to be a little trouble starting engines for the Mitchell:
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http://tinyurl.com/37u6wk

But everything worked eventually:
http://tinyurl.com/2l9r34

All comments welcome.

Mark Bohrer
Wildlife Photography on the Urban Edge
www.mountain-and-desert.com


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