On 2018-07-22 22:00:53 +0000, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> said:
> In article <gkq9ldd6q16c5n12ksfss5et7iu3dc08jm@4ax.com>, Stormin'
> Norman says...
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>> On 22 Jul 2018 07:23:42 -0700, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqp1LuHjBnY
>>>
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>> A beautiful, clear video, like a window on history.
>>
>> I remember reading that flying the Liberator was a sweat drenching
>> workout, exhausting. Apparently they had very, very heavy controls.
>
> After graduating from flight school, my father came down with rheumatic fever
> during WWII...as a result, he was deemed unfit to fly combat missions but was
> kept in as an instructor...flew as a B-24 instructor. Being short (like me) he
> needed cushions to not just raise him a little but to push him forward a little
> to fully reach the pedals!!...eventually racked up over 10,000 hours in twenty
> years before being grounded for having a heart attack (2 1/2 pack/day
> smoker!!).
After his first tour ended in November 1944, my father was assigned as
an instructor at Luke AF. After 3 months it drove him crazy, and he
returned to his combat unit, 9th FS, 49 FG for a second tour. He
returned to Linguyen in the Philipines, and stayed through Okinawa to
the surrender and occupation in Japan. He will be 95 tomorrow.
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Regards,
Savageduck
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