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B-24s Leaving Ploesti

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:29 pm
by Jack Cook
Image
B-24Ds 376th BG

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:33 pm
by b29flteng
Corn stalks stuck in the bomb bay doors.... Dang!

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:32 am
by tom d. friedman
i can only imagine the debri & foreign matter that got sucked into those engines at...... #1 such a low altitude, & # 2 with so much sh*t flying like shrapnel, AAA fire ( hey i used caps!!!), dirt, ash & greasy smoke. i'll bet, some of those engine mechanics who serviced them cussed a real storm & had their work cut out for them.

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:37 am
by muddyboots
I suspect they were just grateful when their crews came back.

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:45 am
by JägerMarty
muddyboots wrote:I suspect they were just grateful when their crews came back.


Of course.
Was the whole attack run flown at that level?

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:38 am
by b29flteng
Just in the target area.

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:37 am
by Pat Carry
Fantastic photo. Do we know anything about its orgin?

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:30 pm
by gary1954
Ya know, flying at low level, the crap an engine sucks in :? .......but DayUmmm :D ....I'd still love to stap on a Warbird and haul A Double S cross-county at low level 8) to extream low level.... :shock: Nice to imagine, but dangerous...... :twisted: