[303rd-Talk] What Happened?

[harold susskind]

Guy.........For a well disciplined  crew the mission didn't end until your aircraft 
kissed the runway at your home base>  At the Oschersleben mission the mission didn't end until you were parked .  A B-24 group returning from a mission had aircraft shot down in  their own traffice pattern.  Hal Susskind

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 From: guyschlegel at comcast.net
> To: 303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com
> Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] What Happened?
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:10:36 -0800
> 
> I agree Bill, we need more TALK here!
> I was born 9 years after VE Day, so not much help there, but I do have a 
> question.
> I know of certain duties that you had as a bombardier during missions, but 
> could you be a little more specific? With missions lasting 6-8-10 hours, 
> what did you guys do to pass the time when not in dangerous air?  Was there 
> a lot of chatter on the interphone?  Did the gunners stay at their positions 
> or did they congragate in teh radio room to play cards?  I'm just curuous as 
> to how you guys passed the time when not in enemy territory>  Were all 
> positions busy most of the flight with their respective duties or was there 
> even time to take it easy?  You hear a lot about the combat, but not much 
> about the slow, tedious times during the flight.
> 
> Thanks Bill, and others,
> Only the Best,
> Guy Schlegel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bill runnels" 
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> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:57 AM
> Subject: [303rd-Talk] What Happened?
> 
> 
>> The fact that the 303rdBG Association is no longer active should not put 
>> an end to TALK, but apparently it has.  Surely there is subject matter to 
>> be explored and talked about.
>>
>>  In an effort to revive our talk program, what do you remember about 
>> VE-Day at the 303rd and the days that followed,
>>
>>  Bill Runnels
>>  Bombardier - 360thBS
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