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Very interesting.
Men of the 64th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group prepare for a mission against the Japanese on November 17, 1942. The photo was taken at Mareeba, Australia. L-R: Captain David Hassemer, 2nd Lt. Jacob Franz, Lt. John Crockett, Lt, Raymond Holsey, Captain Eugene Halliwill, Lt. Jack Ryan and Sgt. John Rosenberger.
Though the B-17’s role in Europe has been studied for decades, the Flying Fort started its USAAF combat career in the Pacific. The 19th Bomb Group, stationed in the Philippines in 1941, carried out the first American B-17 raids of WWII. Later, the 19th moved to Australia, supporting the Dutch East Indies campaign along with the 7th Bomb Group before joining the fight over New Guinea and Rabaul. The 7th later went on to serve in the China-Burma-India Theater.
A B-17 in Northern Australia, May 1942.As the 19th held the line, the first squadrons of the 43rd Bomb Group…
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Posted on July 10, 2015, in WWII and tagged 1940's, Airborne, aviation, family history, History, Military History, USA, WW2, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
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Great piece of historical military history, the pictures provide great illustration of the forces in play at the time.
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Thanks, Ian!!
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DOLCE DOMENICA 🙂
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GRAZIE.
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hello gp cox its dennis the vizsla dog hay my dada sez he had never herd of this tekneek until he read the faymus doorstopper cryptonomicon by neal stephenson wot deskribed its yoose dooring world war two!!! it only mayks a breef appeeranse but aparently it wuz a memorabul wun!!! ok bye
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Thanks, Dennis – good to see ya and thanx fir comin’ by!
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In retrospect (everything’s obvious in retrospect, no?) some sharing, and an adaption of Barnes-Wallis’s dam-buster bomb? Especially against carriers …
I’m always impressed that anyone could hit anything from 20000 feet—but they managed it.
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When you’re right – you’re right. As far as hitting something at 20,000′ – the men would say it is 10% training and 90% sheer luck… 😉
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I agree what a interesting story, Everett!
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Fascinating story GP.
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Thank you, Ann.
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Schönes wek-end lieber Gruß Gislinde
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Danke.
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‘Bouncing bombs’ in the Pacific. Who knew? Nice one, GP.
There is something about the Flying Fortress. It looked ahead of its time, and had great lines.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Smitty always said, ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ and that statement is proven here. The Fortress was certainly a workhorse, eh?! Have a great weekend, Pete.
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You are right, this is very interesting reading, GP Cox, thanks very much for reblogging!
Best regards from Norway and Norfolk from the four of us,
Dina & co x
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Enjoy your visit home to Norway, Dina and thank you for coming by to visit here. All my best to the rest of your troupe!
GP Cox
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