"The Unloved, Forgotten Bolo Bomber" Topic
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Tango01  | 04 Nov 2017 10:17 p.m. PST |
"The rescue team slashed through eight miles of marshy thicket on their way to the crash site. Two days before on Feb. 15, 1941, the USAAF B-18 Bolo bomber — serial number 36-446 — carrying five crew and two passengers suffered a left-engine failure and went down in thick clouds into the remote, mountainous jungle on Hawaii's Big Island. Thankfully, all seven men survived. The U.S. military located them and dropped supplies before the rescue party hacked their way to the wreckage. One passenger was injured, and all made it out of the jungle the next day…."
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Armand
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| Major Mike | 05 Nov 2017 8:13 a.m. PST |
There is a partially restored one on display at a museum in the Denver area. |
 Virtualscratchbuilder  | 05 Nov 2017 10:24 a.m. PST |
Much loved, not forgotten… :)
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 05 Nov 2017 11:32 a.m. PST |
Wow. A WW2 plane that I have never heard of! |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 05 Nov 2017 11:58 a.m. PST |
A number were destroyed on the ground at Pearl Harbor, and in the Philippines in the first days of the Pacific war. |
| KSmyth | 05 Nov 2017 1:11 p.m. PST |
The McChord Air Museum out side Tacoma has a B-18 and an even rarer B-23 Dragon. Very cool planes. Both types were also based at McChord just before the outbreak of WWII |
| Tango01 | 05 Nov 2017 3:07 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| Major Mike | 05 Nov 2017 5:49 p.m. PST |
There is one also at the USAF Museum in Dayton link |
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