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05-17-07, 03:26 PM
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Sea Lord
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Saw B-24 Land Yesterday
I had to drive down to San Jose yesterday, and saw a B-24 land at Moffet Field where they also have the giant blimp hangars. It really made my day.
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05-17-07, 04:08 PM
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Navy Seal
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b24s are sexy.
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05-17-07, 05:13 PM
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Canadian Wolf
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Nice
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05-17-07, 08:44 PM
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Cold War Boomer
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My friend Rod Whiteker, who just happens to be still alive, use to be a tail gunner on B-24's in WW II.
The owner of the MGM, who just sold his casino, use to fly B-24's in WW II ... sad to watch movies of their bombing runs and all of a sudden one peels off smoking to the land below. We owe a lot to those old fly boys ... 
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05-17-07, 09:40 PM
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Grey Wolf
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05-18-07, 12:15 AM
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Sea Lord
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My uncle was shot down in a B-17, and was in a German POW camp.
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05-18-07, 04:49 AM
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Rear Admiral
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In Holland I lived close to the Airbase of Gilze,
every year 1 day they took out the old boys and flew over with B25's Mitchells damn I loved the Noise of those engines. 
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05-18-07, 05:58 AM
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Silent Hunter
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Will never forget the day I was walking around in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named Miss Angela, at the Palm Springs Air Museum. I know it ain't the same as a B-24 Liberator, but it is by far my favourite plane of all times.
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05-18-07, 10:46 AM
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Sea Lord
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I did a google search on Moffett Field and B-24, and found some pictures. But they were all silver B-24's, and the one I saw land was green.
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05-18-07, 01:17 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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Bomber crews of WW2 had big ones. Losses where huge and they still went back. Got to respect that.
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05-18-07, 02:01 PM
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Sea Lord
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Yep, I think more bomber crewman killed in WWII than Marines.
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05-19-07, 12:00 PM
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Grey Wolf
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What does the B-24 use for a lot beside bombing?
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05-19-07, 12:05 PM
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Sea Lord
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Attacking uboats?
Yikes!
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05-19-07, 12:27 PM
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Navy Seal
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Which is also technically bombing, though of a different sort.
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05-19-07, 04:35 PM
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Eternal Patrol
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-87_Liberator_Express
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