Re: Warbirds
- From: Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:11:38 -0700
Bob:
My research indicates the bombardier and nose gunner were separate crewmen.
There's more on B17 aircrews at http://www.303rdbg.com/crew-duties.html.
At 09:35 PM 6/6/2006, you wrote:
Mark,
Looks like $10 well spent! Wish I could have made it.
The photo labelled "Nose Gunner's Office" seems to be
a bombadier station. Do you know if the bombadier also
controlled the nose guns?
Amazing history behind these machines; part of the
"greatest generation", truly.
Bob
--- Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/evc5w
>
> I apologize for frozen props in the two flight
> shots. I captured them
> with a 500mm f/4L IS lens - handheld. So I needed a
> fast shutter
> speed for sharpness.
>
> I could have done all the ground images with 24-85mm
> and 16-35mm. And
> a separate flash for fill would have helped with
> interiors, but the
> EOS 20D's built-in flash was adequate.
>
> All comments welcome.
>
> Mark Bohrer
> Precision Copywriting
> www.precision-copywriting.com
> (408) 866-9405
>
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