Posted by Goose on December 12, 2014 at 18:01:50 from (70.198.39.252):
In Reply to: WW II Army Air Core posted by old-9 on December 12, 2014 at 17:05:05:
Those were tough old birds.
In the book "Ghosts of the Air" by Martin Caidin, a story is told of a B17 that returned to its base in formation with the other planes, taxied to its usual parking spot, and the engines shut down normally.
When no crew appeared, ground crew entered the plane and found the entire crew dead. They obviously had been for several hours. After the bodies of the crew were removed from the plane, the plane burned to the ground.
Explain that. It was like the plane had a mind of its own and insisted on bringing the crew back.
In the book, the author solicited stories, but tossed out 90% and used only the ones for which there was absolutely no explanation.
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