[rescue] Boats?

Eric Dittman dittman at dittman.net
Thu Jan 24 15:56:42 CST 2002


> >  > What about the B-25J... something close to two DOZEN forward firing
> >>  50Cal machine guns.  Those things are fun for when you want bullet
> >>  holes.
> >
> >Have you seen pictures of the B-17 escort gunship they built?
> 
> This I have to see.  URL?
> 
> >Also, there was a late-model B-17 prototype with liquid-cooled
> >Allisons instead of the air-cooled Wright Cyclones.  That didn't
> >work out as the Allisons were needed for the P-38s.
> 
> I heard about this one... never seen pics though.

I saw these in a great book on the B-17.  The book is, I think,
named "Flying Fortress".  I loaned my copy to someone and it
disappeared.  :-(
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Eric Dittman
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