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HubertHeaver

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6. The flight crew, be it in a single-seater fighter or multi-seater bomber, do have

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 08:36 PM

Mar 2014

an affection for their aircraft (bird).

Davis-Monthan AFB is the parking area for the "mothballed" aircraft. Back in the 70's they would give guided (bus) tours of the parking area so the interested public could see the old aircraft. It was not uncommon for an old guy to find his old airplane and want to get out of the bus to hug it. And talk about it. Incessantly.

To me, they were just machines. To the people whose lives depended on them, they were something more.

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WW II Military Aircraft Nose Art [View all] ismnotwasm Mar 2014 OP

My Dad's plane was the Rum Buggy II - painted bottle of rum as a chariot! TheNutcracker Mar 2014 #1

I'm glad they survived ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #2

The death rate of allied bomber crews over Europe approached 80 prrcent mn9driver Mar 2014 #3

That's kind of what I was thinking ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #4

Undoubtably. mn9driver Mar 2014 #5

The flight crew, be it in a single-seater fighter or multi-seater bomber, do have HubertHeaver Mar 2014 #6

We have the Museum of Flight up here in Seattle ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #7

Dark humor is a coping mechanism for dealing with horror. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #8

It was different times as has been pointed out ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #9

different era. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #10

It's hard to read ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #11