[quote name='IFD39' date='20 August 2010 - 10:58 AM' timestamp='1282315112' post='398247']
Some shots from the Andrews Air Force Base Joint Services Open House in May, 2010. Yes, I know it's August, but better late than never.
Close up of the nose art of the Memphis Belle
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An amazing C47 that actually dropped paratroopers from the 3rd BN 505th Parachute Infantry on St. Mere Eglise on D-Day
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Imagine being the pilot of that C-47 and reading the accounts later of what happened to the troops that landed in St Mere Eglise. We all know they had a job to do and under extremely hostile conditions, but they must have felt the same sense of "I'm responsible for these guys making their target safely" that we have of our crews on the fire ground.
Some shots from the Andrews Air Force Base Joint Services Open House in May, 2010. Yes, I know it's August, but better late than never.
Close up of the nose art of the Memphis Belle
An amazing C47 that actually dropped paratroopers from the 3rd BN 505th Parachute Infantry on St. Mere Eglise on D-Day
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Imagine being the pilot of that C-47 and reading the accounts later of what happened to the troops that landed in St Mere Eglise. We all know they had a job to do and under extremely hostile conditions, but they must have felt the same sense of "I'm responsible for these guys making their target safely" that we have of our crews on the fire ground.
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