That aircraft again

[Bob Womack]

I read of these planes for years and when I first saw a B-17 what struck me at the time was, "how frail!" I had read quotes that you could shove a screwdriver through the skin of the plane and had shrugged them off but by George, it is true. A screwdriver, a pocket knife, an ice pick, whatever. You could render one unflyable with a pistol, much less a .50 caliber machine gun. And then I remember the planes that dragged home with parts missing, engines dead, control systems shot out. No wonder they became beloved mounts to those who flew them.

Bob

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