Re: B-17's in Vietnam?
Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:39 am
muddyboots wrote:The Inspector wrote:
GARY1954, the A-26 was a DOUGLAS product, distinctly different from the MARTIN B-26 except in general layout, when the MARTIN went away after WW2, the A for 'Attack' designator was taken out of the Air Forces' vocabulary and the DOUGLAS A-26 got a promotion to 'B'. The A-17, a prewar design by the true genius of aviation design, John Northrop, morphed and eventually was the daddy of the SBD, but you already knew that-
No, no I didn't. Start another thread and tell us about the morphology of WWII aircraft!
Some folk don't realize when their chain is being yanked
Visit WEBSTERS big book under 'IRONIC HUMOR' 
Re: B-17's in Vietnam?
Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:20 pm
The Inspector wrote:muddyboots wrote:The Inspector wrote:
GARY1954, the A-26 was a DOUGLAS product, distinctly different from the MARTIN B-26 except in general layout, when the MARTIN went away after WW2, the A for 'Attack' designator was taken out of the Air Forces' vocabulary and the DOUGLAS A-26 got a promotion to 'B'. The A-17, a prewar design by the true genius of aviation design, John Northrop, morphed and eventually was the daddy of the SBD, but you already knew that-
No, no I didn't. Start another thread and tell us about the morphology of WWII aircraft!
Some folk don't realize when their chain is being yanked
Never said I was SMART, either. [mumbles]