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Hitler would like this man to go home and forget about the war. A good American non-com at the side machine gun of a huge YB-17 bomber is a man who knows his business and works hard at it (LOC)

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  • ad hoc paper said:
    "Hitler would like this man to go home" "A good American non-com" " man who knows his business and works hard at it" What a crap.

Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Va. (LOC)

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  • marley1027 said:
    Looks like they are rotating the propeller. That is commonly done with radial engines prior to flight. The purpose it to prevent damage to the engine from hydra locking, a condition caused by oil collecting in the lower cylinders. Dave
  • curtissfortysix said:
    And then they discovered why all the rods were getting bent and failed. The starter with clutches pretty much cured that problem.
  • Paul said:
    Spectacular
  • Mitchel25J (69 plus million Views Thank You ) said:
    This is an A-20C

The kind of man Hitler wishes we didn't have. A bomber pilot, captain in a bombardment squadron, just before he climbs aboard his huge YN-17 bombing plane (LOC)

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  • Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:
    I'm going to presume this image is mis-titled, and that this is a YB-17 pilot.
  • perfgeek said:
    I thought that by 1942 they were calling them B-17's and had dropped the "Y" bit but I guess not?
  • Marshall Astor - Food Fetishist said:
    These photos were taken at Langley Field, where the first dozen YB-17s were delivered (in 1937) and test flown by the 2nd Bombardment Group (of which this guy is a member, presumably). I have no reason to believe that the designation being used here isn't correct, as I haven't found any record of the YB-17s being taken out of service. Even by 1942 I can't see why they wouldn't still use the YB-17s for anti-submarine warfare, which the primary mission of the 2nd until they transferred to North Africa in October of 1942.
  • invincible dinner said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called American Soldiers, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Shouvik Roy said:
    Wow ! He looks so confident and determined.