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 Post subject: B-24s Leaving Ploesti
PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:29 pm 
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Corn stalks stuck in the bomb bay doors.... Dang!


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i can only imagine the debri & foreign matter that got sucked into those engines at...... #1 such a low altitude, & # 2 with so much sh*t flying like shrapnel, AAA fire ( hey i used caps!!!), dirt, ash & greasy smoke. i'll bet, some of those engine mechanics who serviced them cussed a real storm & had their work cut out for them.

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I suspect they were just grateful when their crews came back.

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I suspect they were just grateful when their crews came back.


Of course.
Was the whole attack run flown at that level?


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Just in the target area.


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Fantastic photo. Do we know anything about its orgin?

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Ya know, flying at low level, the crap an engine sucks in :? .......but DayUmmm :D ....I'd still love to stap on a Warbird and haul A Double S cross-county at low level 8) to extream low level.... :shock: Nice to imagine, but dangerous...... :twisted:

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