My B-17 Flight Photos

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gripnrip

Awesome pic's man-thanks for sharing! My dad trained as a B17 tail gunner, but like your new friend, was too late to see action. He's gone now, but would have loved to see your pictures.

jlmarta

Lasabar

Awesome pics!

One2gofst

That is awesome! I appreciate the pics of the radio station. My grandfather was a radio man on a B-17 during WWII. His crew received the Distinguished Flying Cross after they made it back from a mission they were not expected to. There is a story about it in the book "Gore and Glory". Never got to meet him but I like looking at his articles from the period. Do you mind if I ask how you got the opportunity to take a flight in a B-17? That would be something I would be interested in.

james40

/drooling Wow, how the hell did you score that ride? I love WWII history and watch all the shows. I had a few relatives on my dads side that were in WWII but mainly tank and ground guys. What an honor to get a ride like that. Congrats!!!

PuroFreak

That is really amazing man!!! I'm so jealous of you for that one man... I've been all through a B-17 but never been up in one. Thats so awesome.

Russ55

That was an opportunity of a lifetime right there. Great pics.

Cigar Sherlock

Awesome stuff Russ, thanks for the pictures! I'm sure you had a blast!

Krieg

Thanks for sharing! Being a big WWII buff that I am, I really appreciated these pics. They have several air shows down here at Dobbins Air Force base, and usually once a year there is a B-17, B-29, some P-51's there. Great site to see. My uncle was a belly gunner on a B-17, was hit twice, but survived the war. He never talked about to anyone, but once he passed away his wife let the family read is memoirs. It is terrible what these guys saw, and it's amazing any of them flew all 25 missions...although I think originally I believe the quota was 30.

YankeeMan

Fantastic shots!

gmill880

Thanks for the shots ...that was awsome

ENFIDL

Freaking awesome brother! I'm glad to see you had such a good time, I know this was a dream of yours and to see it lived out is amazing! Congrats my friend!