8th Air Force Museum - Savannah GA.

roadkill1 · 02-17-2013, 09:05 PM

Thanks for posting the great pictures of this super museum.

Had the opportunity to visit a few years ago. Remember vividly how during viewing one display a great gust of wind his us. This was to replicate the opening of the bombay doors and the gust of wind that went thru the entire bomber. Everyone in the crew knew when the doors opened! Thought this was in interesting effect and a very memorable one.

The Eighth Air Force certainly earned their excellent reputation. Stephen Ambrose stated in his book, The Wild Blue, that the B-24 crews alone experienced over 50% casualties.

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02-17-2013, 09:05 PM	#8
roadkill1 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 127 Thanks: 166 Thanked 129 Times in 63 Posts	Thanks for posting the great pictures of this super museum. Had the opportunity to visit a few years ago. Remember vividly how during viewing one display a great gust of wind his us. This was to replicate the opening of the bombay doors and the gust of wind that went thru the entire bomber. Everyone in the crew knew when the doors opened! Thought this was in interesting effect and a very memorable one. The Eighth Air Force certainly earned their excellent reputation. Stephen Ambrose stated in his book, The Wild Blue, that the B-24 crews alone experienced over 50% casualties.