Favorite WWII Plane?
First choice is the B-17. I wouldn't be here without it. My dad was a B-17 navigator with the 457th Bomb Group out of Peterborough, England. The photo has the tail markings of his unit. The B-17 the CAF used to have at Harlingen, TX was right behind his plane on the assembly line.
After seeing the PBS special on it, the Horten HO-229 is my second choice. The fuselage and wings were built out of wood. It was nearly invisible to radar. Experts on PBS said that by the time they would have shown up on radar, they would have had time to bomb coastal installations before a scrambled squadron could arrive.
First choice is the B-17. I wouldn't be here without it. My dad was a B-17 navigator with the 457th Bomb Group out of Peterborough, England. The photo has the tail markings of his unit. The B-17 the CAF used to have at Harlingen, TX was right behind his plane on the assembly line.
After seeing the PBS special on it, the Horten HO-229 is my second choice. The fuselage and wings were built out of wood. It was nearly invisible to radar. Experts on PBS said that by the time they would have shown up on radar, they would have had time to bomb coastal installations before a scrambled squadron could arrive.