[303rd-Talk] War wery planes

[harold susskind]

You all:
What is a war weary plane?  I don't ever remember flying a war weary plane in combat. I don't ever remember having a aircraft doctor, who classified an aircraft as war weary. That was an expression used to describe an aircraft that flew close air support for the troops.  They were usually two engine aircraft as a A-26 that were being flown to the States for future missions whatever they may be. I was lucky.  I crashed in one of those in Dakar, Africa.  The aircraft was better than the Pilot.  Hal Susskind
  
> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:36:53 -0800
> From: billrunnels at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] War wery planes
> To: 303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com
> 
> Anita:
>  
> What colors are used on the bunkhouse door?  The colors could also indicate the type of bombs carried on each mission.
>  
> Bill Runnels
> Bombardier (B-17)
> 
> --- On Sun, 1/25/09, Anita Nardine <asnh at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Anita Nardine <asnh at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] War wery planes
> To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 10:47 PM
> 
> I have a photo of the bunkhouse door, which has differently colored bombs listed
> for each plane crew in the bunkhouse. I've often wondered the same thing.
> 
> Howard Nardine's daughter,
> Anita Nardine
> 
> Gary Moncur wrote:
> 
> > I have heard that the different colored bombs on "Memphis Belle"
> indicated it's Lead Crew missions.  I haven't look closely at Hell's
> Angels missions to confirm if it is the same.
> > Gary
> > 
> > *Gary L. Moncur*
> > 303rd Bomb Group (H) Historian
> > www.303rdBG.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Redshogparts at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> >> Looking closely at the nose art on The Hells Angels B-17 the number of
> 25  missions depicted in bombs on the nose. Some are in different colours. Do
> these  depict different types of missions or bombs carried?
> >>  Would love to know?
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