Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Stolen from the internet. During World War II, USAAF Col. Paul Tibbetts was frustrated with his pilots complaining about how hard it was to fly the new B-29 bomber. He arranged for two women WASP pilots to be trained on the big plane and had them fly it around the country just to shame the men. It worked. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 WASP flew the 29's routinely from the builder. I know this as my Mother was one of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 4 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: WASP flew the 29's routinely from the builder. I know this as my Mother was one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 One of my best friends in High School's Father was the tail gunner on Paul Tibbett's B-17 Red Gremlin over Europe. He was wounded and missed the last few missions with the rest of his crew, so when they went home, they were assigned to the B29 program together while my buddy's Dad finished up his tour over Europe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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