Anyone here into firearms?

Baronsmokes · 04-24-2018, 08:43 PM

I put this in firearm section.Browning 50s to protect the fortress.You had to complete 25 combat missions to get out.Which was almost immpossible.One in 4 crews would make 12 to 14 missions before killed or shot down.Less than 1% made the 25 missions.My father was a Bombardier in WW2.Never talked about war until very late in life.I did get to go through a B17 with him before he died.Telling me stories of hanging in open bomb bay doors kicking bombs loose.This is later on.My brother and I flew on B17.I got to ride in the glass nose in front where my father would have sat.One of the pics is of my Dads Bombardier wings.My Grandson is in service now.Too all who serviced in past or currently serving.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

Baronsmokes · 04-24-2018, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Baronsmokes

I put this in firearm section.Browning 50s to protect the fortress.You had to complete 25 combat missions to get out.Which was almost immpossible.One in 4 crews would make 12 to 14 missions before killed or shot down.Less than 1% made the 25 missions.My father was a Bombardier in WW2.Never talked about war until very late in life.I did get to go through a B17 with him before he died.Telling me stories of hanging in open bomb bay doors kicking bombs loose.This is later on.My brother and I flew on B17.I got to ride in the glass nose in front where my father would have sat.One of the pics is of my Dads Bombardier wings.My Grandson is in service now.Too all who serviced in past or currently serving.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

The famous Norton Bomb sight.
My Dad on the far left.

Rusty · 04-24-2018, 09:05 PM

God bless your father.

My dad was in the war too. In Germany. 2 Purple Hearts. Said he was a bullet stopper.

My dad would talk about the was at times. After my brother got back from Vietnam. He talked a lot with my brother. They was comparing notes.

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