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Old July 29th 14, 07:53 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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On 7/29/2014 1:48 PM, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
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RustY © wrote:

On 27/07/2014 21:58, wrote:
Here is an interesting bit of trivia for you.

Amazing WWII Aircraft Facts

276,000 aircraft manufactured in the US.

14,000 lost in the continental U.S.

Who shot that lot down? Friendly-fire I assume.

No -- many were lost due to "stupid pilot tricks," like swooping down
into a chicken yard to see how many birds you can blow away with
propwash, or flat-hatting over water in a B-24 and tipping sailboats
over with propwash.

Of course, there were the usual number of too-close encounters with
thunderstorms, ice, fog, etc.

And the Empire State building (B25 Billy Mitchell bomber,Saturday July
28 1945)