"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
02/10/2015 at 16:07 • Filed to: greatest generation, planelopnik, B-29
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"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
02/10/2015 at 16:07 • Filed to: greatest generation, planelopnik, B-29 | 7
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That look and sound is important to the few remaining veterans who still remember their WWII missions. "Last summer, we got a call from the 73rd Bomb Wing—they wanted to hold their final reunion in the hangar here with Doc," says Murphy. "Listening to those guys and the stories they told, it was a day I'll never forget. One guy had been shot down three times. Another was a gunner, and he'd been shot in the face—he lost his nose and part of an eye—and he only missed one mission. Those guys could have come home after 20 missions, but they all flew 35 or 40. 'We went over to win, not to go home,' they said. All the stories—it was like it was yesterday, when those guys saw the airplane."
This summer there may be two B-29's flying together over Oshkosh. After 300,000 restoration hours they hope to have Doc flying in time to make it to Oshkosh. Fifi, the only flying B-29 will be there and if Doc makes it, it would be the first time two B-29's have flown together in 50 years. Photo courtesy of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
02/10/2015 at 16:13 |
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Doc looks SO weird without the motors on the wings.
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You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole
02/10/2015 at 16:15 |
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Funnily enough I didn't even notice that. Turns out it's missing all the motors and half the wings. For some reason with the B-29 I always fixate on the nose and landing gear.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
02/10/2015 at 16:27 |
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I see you liked my photodump from last summer at the Air Show. But if anyone else wants to see more old planes feel free to click through. Not meant in ANYWAY to take away from Finn's post. Good stuff man.
http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/thunder-over-m…
Shiyal
> Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole
02/10/2015 at 16:54 |
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the glider prototype.