B-25 Bomber Virtual Tour
An eye witness account from John Poltrack for his Uncle Ed that not many have seen!
North American B-25 Mitchell: The Ultimate Look: From Drawing Board to Flying Arsenal
My Uncle Ed Poltrack piloted 60 missions in the Pacific Theatre in WWII. He piloted a B-25 Mitchell Bomber. The National Museum of the Air Force website has an interactive photo gallery of the interior of this aircraft (see the links under the photo). Note:Ed piloted a variation of the original design in which the transparent nose was replaced with two fixed machine guns.
38th Bomb Group – 823rd Squadron
Click on links to see a 360 degree view of the interior of this aircraft (links open in new window)
Pilot Station
Bombadier
Radio Operator
Tail Gunner
Ed Poltrack in Cockpit
From Ed Poltrack’s War Diary — Sunday, April 15, 1944 – Mission #48
Mission to Hollandia. Nil interception. Nil ack-ack. On return met a solid front near Bogadjim. Turned toward coast and found a hole on…
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Posted on August 13, 2016, in First-hand Accounts, Uncategorized, WWII and tagged 1940's, aviation, family history, History, Military, Military History, New Guinea, Pacific War, WW2, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 36 Comments.
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Great re-post gp, Ed Poltrack is a great man and a credit to service during the War, 60 missions is highly commendable.
Thank you for sharing and the great 3 D visuals.
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My pleasure, Ian. John did a great job for his uncle here!
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That was some personal account. Talk about a bad day and having trouble sleeping…
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This reblog went over very well. I’m very happy about the recognition John’s Uncle Ed has received.
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Terrific photos from inside the plane!
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They appear 3-D to me, as though you’re standing right there. Thank you for taking a look.
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Don’t you just love the creativity in painting the planes, GP. Fun, interesting blog. –Curt
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Imagination and ingenuity!! Two traits of that generation we often see lacking today. Thanks for coming by, Curt!
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These are great panoramas, extremely detailed. The tail gunner was in a pretty cramped place! I’ve always wondered where they found guys to be tail gunners – who had incredibly agile fighter planes coming at them, with more machine guns and automatic cannons. Nerves of steel. Thanks for posting this, very interesting.
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Very glad you found it interesting. I felt it brought the past a bit closer to the following generations.
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Thank you, so informative!
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My pleasure, Ron.
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I enjoyed it also! Thanks Everett!
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So glad you did, Kathy.
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Amazing panorama photos. You’re definitely there.
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I’m so glad I remembered to reblog this – everyone really seems to like it! [of course I don’t know why they wouldn’t 🙂 ]
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Those videos of the interior make me want to see this for real the next time the warbirds [http://tinyurl.com/oefr9ny] are here in Fredericksburg.
Have a great wekend,
Pit
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Yes, do that – you won’t regret it! Thank you for visiting.
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Really Awesome Post!! I love seeing things like this!!
BTW GP, you HAVE to see the movie “Last Man Club” with one of my favorite Texas Actors Barry Corbin…it is.about a WW2 Bomber Crew reuniting…a real heart warmer!
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I’ll check into that movie, thanks for the heads-up. Glad you liked the post.
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That was a lot of action going on at once. Great personal account.
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As I’m always saying, the more I learn about this generation – the more amazed I become!!
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Thanks for this GP. This virtual imaging is the next best thing to being there and brings back many memories of other military aircraft. Thank you again.
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No problem, it was my pleasure. I hope those were pleasant memories.
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Brilliant post!
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Wish I had been the one to write it! Thanks for dropping by.
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Excellent! 🙂 Thank you for sharing, GP Cox.
I hope it has cooled down a bit in sunny Florida.Have a great weekend.
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Thank you, Dina. During the day is quite the scorcher, but our afternoon showers have started and that tends to cool things down a few degrees.
Keep smiling,
GP Cox
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Thanks for rebloging this. I would have missed a great post if you had not done so.
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Certainly my pleasure, thank you for reading.
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Yes, you’re right, GP Cox, this is really great, a brilliant link to the past. Thank you very much.
Have a wonderful weekend,
sunny greetings from Norfolk
from the Fab Four xo
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I will always thank the Fab Four of Cley for such friends.
Take care and enjoy!
GP Cox
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That is absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much.
I look forward to somebody else extending the list for this. B-17? B-24? P-51?
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You never know. I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Thanks for coming, John.
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This was really great, GP. I would like to see this done for other aircraft, and submarines too. It might also be possible to have something similar for the interiors of tanks.
A terrific use of modern technology to link us with the past. I am going back to have another look!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I was surprised this morning when I went to reblog that so few people read this post. I’m very glad you enjoyed it!
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