From: Mark and Kim Smith
Date: 9/8/2004 3:14 AM Central Daylight Time
Message-id:

ArtKramr wrote:

Subject: Why did Bush join the national guard?
From: "Jack G"
Date: 9/7/2004 7:54 PM Pacific





Art,

Being a bombadeer / navigator is not like piloting anything.

Admit it Art, you were a just a crew member on an airplane flown by a real
pilot.



Do you know why they have pilots on bombers? Just for one reason which was
to
put a bombardier over a target for 30 seconds. Do you know why they have
gunners on a bomber? Just one reason. To protect that bombardier and get him
over the target for 30 seconds. Do you know why they have fighter cover?
Just
to get a bombardier over a target for 30 seconds. The pilot is only a bus
driver to deliver him where he can hurt the enemy. So don't make too big a
deal of pilots . Some are good and some are not..If you get one who can fly
a
good bomb run, not dump your gyro and keep the wings level so you don't
dump
bombs all over the landscape, you are lucky.But good bomb run pilots are not
all that easy to find. And as far as judging pilots performance on a bomb
run,
no one is more qualified to make that judgement than a bombardier. But this
is
a subject you would know nothing about.






Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer


Wow! Tell that to Paul Shorts face!

Get rid of all the useless people and how does the bombardier get to the
target??


Haven't you heard? There was no one else in the entire ETO. Art won that air
war all by himself.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired