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Where I see us, transportation wise if the east and west coasties win the election in 2024
Detroit Model D electric car from 1910 it had a range of 100 miles and hit 25 mph.
Detroit Model D electric car from 1910 it had a range of 100 miles and hit 25 mph.
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Looks like they are miles away from the track.......cracks beer.......in my day sonny you are so close you could feel the air getting sucked out of your lungs.
But really I never really "watched" drag racing, but did it at an hobby level before I got the idea to spend even more money and try to make the car turn left as well as right. I need to find some pics of my old cars....to be young again....but back then not now, and I also want to know what I know now, like falling off motorcycles when you are 20 really hurts when you are 50.
Hmmmm, my first thought would be a B29, over japan, fire raids and all. Then I think well germany, but I think those mainly B17, but not out of the question there could be a 24 group as well.
missed, I would have done a 29.
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B-24’s bombed Dresden….I would also add it was a better bomber than the B-17, the 17 got all the glory though.
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My Dad was a ball turret gunner in a B-24 with the 829 BS of 485 BG. Never could figure out how he even fit in that thing let alone sit in it for hours on end during a mission.
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I heard in a veteran interview that B-17 crews used to joke saying the B-24 was the box the B-17 came in.
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I would agree as well, thought most of the 24's hung around the south, screwing with stuff from the "soft underside". I knew of a couple groups in europe, but it was not the majority. I think that they are also more common because of the range in the Pacific.
Got to step back and think of the world back then, when everything needed needed a long boat ride to get where that nut or bolt was needed. Just makes sense to "standardize" on a given type. Why ship 17 and 24 parts when you could just ship 17 parts and more of them.
I had forgotten the 24 in northern europe, they where not the norm there.
B-24's had a bigger bomb load, faster and longer range than the B-17. Although based in northern Europe they were primarily deployed in northern Africa and Italy. B-24's were used on the raids on Ploesti in which they suffered staggering loss rates. Later in the war the 15th based out of Italy suffered heavy losses on raids on Austria and Germany. One of the reasons crewman liked the 17 was it could withstand more damage than the 24. Basically bomber crews were just flying targets.
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This pic looks more like my cousin George.
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Good shot of him releasing the Kraken in Clash of the Titans.
So I was right in saying they had a very small presence in england. Keeping them in different theatres made the supply of parts much more easy.
I don't disagree with anything you said, my point was the 24 did not have a large deployment in northern europe, they are used where the range was needed.
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