B-17 Liberty Belle

[TraditionalFrog]

On 5 July my father and I took a trip to Mt Comfort airport (near Indianapolis, IN) to see the Liberty Belle.

It was a really wonderful expierience to be up close and personal with the planes my grandpa worked on. He was an armourer in the Army Air Corp during the war. I can just imagine him looking up from the flight lines as waves of the these mighty fortresses took off, and wondered how many would return and in what condition.

Although the original Liberty Belle, saw combat and went down, the current one never did. It came off the line just as the war was winding down. It was named Liberty Belle as a tribute to the original.

To all who served and worked on these planes, thank you!

Note - Sorry if the photos are too large. I have never posted photos to a forum board before.

 

[cco23i]

Outstanding shots traditional, that is the reason we started a ground crew living history unit is fellows like your grandfather, who worked or loaded the airplanes but recieved no real recognition for keeping the airplanes in the air. We felt it was time to tell their stories.

Scott

 

[Hopalong]

Scott
my Dad was a Crew Chief and Magneto Specialist in the USAAF and he was taught about Magnetos from Eddie Rickenbackers WW I Crew Chief at Wright Patterson Field before he went overseas, he was in the 4th Repair Squadron 4th Air depot Group in the 5th AF in WW II. Scott, what's your web site or group or ? Mike

 

[cco23i]

Mike,
That's great to hear, that's the stories that need to get out, not just pilots and aircrews. Here is a link to our yahoo group, no website yet, I am getting help on setting that up. Cheers!

Scott

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/groundcrews/

 

[Hopalong]

Thanks Scott I just joined. Mike

 

[El Guapo]

I clicked on the link and just joined, it sounds pretty cool.

 

[billgaston]

Great pics!!

 

[cco23i]

OUTSTANDING FELLAS!! WELCOME ABOARD!!