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Old 21st Jan 2014, 21:56
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Danny42C
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Reader 123, (your #5008 p.251 refers)

Thank you for the link: "WW2: Flying the B-24D 4 Engine Land Bomber (1943) Reel 1/2 - YouTube" (Reel 1). I was amused by the way that it jumps from take-off to landing with nothing in between (if only it were that that simple !)

But there is a hidden gem. If you run through it to the end, a little box of thumbnails appears. One is of a lone B-17. Pick that, and you get the original War Department "Memphis Belle" - the "real" one.....D.


Chugalug, (your #5014 p.251 refers)

This is worth a look. It reminds me of the Ministry of Information film "Target for Tonight" during the war, which put all its fictional followers in the shade....D.


DHfan, (your #5019 p.251 refers)

Thanks for the "gen" on the MkIX(T) canopies and radio masts. It might have been simpler to cut a hole a foot further back, extend the lead and reposition the mast, rather than bending it back as they did ...D.

My regards to you all, Danny.