TiMopar Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 'Friday The 13th' of 158 Squadron RAF was the highest mission Halifax of the war. Legend has it that it came to be named thus after the crew chief asked the then Captain what he should name the new aircraft. "Call it what you like, I'm not superstitious" was the Captain's reply. After the war the aircraft was displayed for a time on a bomb site in London's Oxford Street, after which it was promply scrapped. Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 The BT-13 Valiant "Vibrator" Apparently they are real shakers! :w00t: 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Is that Howard Hughes ? Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Feischler Stork [storch auf Deutch] 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Is that Howard Hughes ? Yes it is, in the XF-11 Photo Recon prototype 2 Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Well, you can't really compare 909 to the Belle just simply because it was at tow totally different stages of the war. Dangerous in both situations,but much more survivable by the time 909 came into play. The American all time leader is B-26 Marauder "Flak Bait" with 207 missions Comparing the 909 to the "Belle" is more accurate than comparing any heavy Bomber to a Marauder, Mitchell ,A-20 or anything else in the category. And the Memphis Belle wasn't even the first Bomber to complete 20 missions anyways. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Comparing the 909 to the "Belle" is more accurate than comparing any heavy Bomber to a Marauder, Mitchell ,A-20 or anything else in the category. And the Memphis Belle wasn't even the first Bomber to complete 20 missions anyways. I didn't compare the Marauder to a heavy bomber, I am just pointing out that is has the most missions under its belt. Actually, a B-24 Bomber was the first to complete 25 missions before the B-17 Hell's Angels did. Memphis Belle was the first to 25 without loss of life Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Too bad they just cut it up in the end. 1 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Too bad they just cut it up in the end. Agreed. 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Too bad they just cut it up in the end. That was after Howard Hughes crashed it in an unauthorized flight. 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Sturmovick ???????? 1 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft (Sturmovik) yes. B) Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft (Sturmovik) yes. B) Lavochkin LA- 9 Sturmovik IL-2 2 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 oh. Cool. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hazel Lee, a Chinese American pilot who flew for the U.S. during WWII. Pic circa 1930s. 1 Quote Link to comment
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