tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post1611160266567318936..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: B-24J Walk-AroundMurphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-380774374358078312013-10-20T23:09:35.559-05:002013-10-20T23:09:35.559-05:00Excellent post/pictures!
While nowhere near Ypsil...Excellent post/pictures!<br /><br />While nowhere near Ypsilanti's production numbers, the AAF Plant #4 in Fort Worth, built in 1942, assembled about 3000 of the craft in a two year period.<br /><br />Later, the same "mile long bomber plant" produced B-32s, B36s, B58s (Major Henry J. Deutschendorf set B58 speed records. His son, who graduated from Ft. Worth's Arlington Heights HS and later became an aviator, <i>sold</i> a lot of records), F-111s, F16s, and now JSF/F-35 Lightning IIs.an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-69157023781800211322013-10-19T00:23:58.092-05:002013-10-19T00:23:58.092-05:00Every time I see one of those I think of the "...Every time I see one of those I think of the "Lady Be Good".drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-58378003645403929072013-10-18T22:31:59.023-05:002013-10-18T22:31:59.023-05:00Gotta love 'em. A wonderful plane from an era ...Gotta love 'em. A wonderful plane from an era when giants walked the earth.Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-83717319260661623572013-10-18T21:24:28.836-05:002013-10-18T21:24:28.836-05:00My favorite of the US WWII bombers. Has a squat, ...My favorite of the US WWII bombers. Has a squat, muscular look that the B-17 and the B-25 didn't have.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402651457453813639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-6228110702101911062013-10-18T20:21:14.971-05:002013-10-18T20:21:14.971-05:00Great picturesGreat picturesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-55915637608203004682013-10-18T19:39:08.864-05:002013-10-18T19:39:08.864-05:00Read about the Ploesti Raid sometime if you haven&...Read about the Ploesti Raid sometime if you haven't already. Those -24's were beasts, able to soak up an incredible amount of damage and still get crews home or to a safe ditching. During the workup for the raid, in the deserts of N. Africa, crew chiefs would routinely find the paint on the prop tips and belly were scoured off and sand was jammed up in the bomb bay doors...come to find out, they were flying so low that they sometimes rammed into taller dunes. One pilot, after his run through the Ploesti gauntlet, found himself missing several engines and either a jammed or malfunctioning rudder. He was able to fly "straight" by jamming the rudder fully in the opposite direction and sorta side-slipping through the air (with his copilot standing on the rudder pedals at his station), and managed to make it back to his base several hours after the rest of the survivors...the flight engineer would crawl up under the pilot every so often and massage his leg to keep it from cramping. When they landed, everyone got out. The pilot walked about ten feet before his legs gave out. But his -24 got them back to base.<br /><br />The best thing about that bird, though? My grandfather was in the 8th Air Corps, stationed in Italy. He was a propeller tech on -24's. So they're even more special to me.RabidAlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035887632706442114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-89294780677942418112013-10-18T19:12:19.288-05:002013-10-18T19:12:19.288-05:00I got to fly in her when she was in our neck of th...I got to fly in her when she was in our neck of the woods. It was a phenomenal experience!Midwest Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296327673871169304noreply@blogger.com