"Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull" (RamblinRover)
11/22/2013 at 20:10 • Filed to: None
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"Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull" (RamblinRover)
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You're welcome.
wacopalypsenow
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
11/22/2013 at 20:16 |
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Thank God, I've been trying to get that son-a-bitch out forever on mine
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Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
> wacopalypsenow
11/22/2013 at 20:17 |
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If there were any forum in the world likely to be occupied by the owners of honest-to-God Lancasters, it'd probably be this one.
davedave1111
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
11/22/2013 at 20:33 |
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The trick is...
...having the right tools.
The Compromiser
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
11/22/2013 at 20:46 |
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The back one is easier. Couple of quick connects and it rotates. Had a teacher who was a tail gunnergunner. He said the thing was scary. If you forgot to secure the doors (behind you) and rotated the turret you could fall out as that was the escape method if the plane went down so it was really easy to do. Oh, then he mentioned that the damn thing was too small to wear a parachute in...
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wacopalypsenow
> davedave1111
11/22/2013 at 20:51 |
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Edit: Kinja was not amused by my Hitler is amused meme
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> The Compromiser
11/22/2013 at 20:55 |
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Quite fascinating. I've seen a picture of one in a book rotated with the door partly open, I think, (either a Lancaster or a Wimpy) but didn't know how much that was by design. The same affliction (no room for a parachute) was present in the B17 for both the tail-gunner and the ball turret operator - both had to retrieve their parachutes from the main fuselage if bailing out. One of the extremely rare cases of someone surviving a fall at terminal velocity (into snow, etc.) was IIRC a tail-gunner whose parachute had caught fire...
Aaron James
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
11/22/2013 at 20:59 |
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Man thanks, I've been trying to get the one in my basement apart for years. This is just what I needed.
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The Compromiser
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
11/22/2013 at 21:06 |
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He said most of the time it was boring and he only saw where they had been. He was wounded however when the heater wire in his thermal suit came free and cut his wrist. Now that I know more there may be more to the story but real veterans frequently don't talk about it.