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Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:41 am
Do you know what the B-17's are dropping ?
Great videos, thanks..
Phil
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:47 pm
They were dropping post-war survival supplies in the Netherlands if I recall. Food, medical supplies etc.
Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:47 pm
Operations Manna and Chowhound were conducted in May 1945, before the end of the war, and involved the RAF and USAAF, as Mark says, dropping relief supplies to Dutch civilians with the tacit approval of the occupying Germans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation ... _Chowhound
Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:32 pm
The Lancaster at MOTAT NZ is marked as an aircraft with a Manna mission.
The Captain's Fancy by
Errol Cavit, on Flickr