TIDBITS 02/07/10
Benjamin Mark
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B-17
Pilot to co-pilot. Props on. Fins out. Tail feathers working. Talons
bared. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? We're up and off. Flying Fortress
to ground crew. This guy writing this article knows nothin' about
planes. Crackle crackle. Static static. Keep her steady Mac. Bombs in
place. Don't worry about the writer. He's in jewelry. Doesn't have to
know crap about bombers.
3000 feet up. Noise on the radio. Can't hear directives. Droning
engines throbbing through the body. Approaching German mainland.
Operation Pointblank. Operation Overlord. Nyahhhh. Tatatatah. Ground
crews firing up at us. Hold it Mac. Hold it. Two degrees south.
Whoosh. Whew. Close one. One more minute Mac. Thirty seconds. Ten.
Nine.... Two. One. Open the hatches. Let 'em drop Mac. What's this guy
writing about? Open the hatches? Let 'em drop? Where'd he learn this
stuff ... this jeweler of yours?
Not to worry Mac. If he was a pilot he'd be piloting. He's a jeweler
so he's writing. Don't know crap about planes and bombs and how they
work. Holy Moley. Look at that. Explosions. Clouds. Fire. Devastation.
Bodies blasting through the smoke. We got 'em Mac. I can almost hear
'em screaming from way up here. You don't mess with Americans. Hey
Hitler. Take that. And that. Thank you Boeing.
Before it's over ... 640, 000 plus tons of bombs dropped in Europe.
Got another mission Mac. Wanna go for it. Maybe Hiroshima. Nah. B-29
for that. Enola Gay. We're off Mac. Another day another bombing. Here
we go ... into the wild blue yonder .... We're an icon of American
power Mac. Open the hatches Mac. Let 'em rip. Hey jeweler. You getting
all of this?
Leave him alone Mac. He know nothing about bombers and flying
fortress. He knows nothing about operational protocol. He knows
nothing about spinning engines. But he knows his trade. He knows about
precious metals and brooches. And he knows about a Bomber pin of a
B-17 made out of silver with spinning props and dangling compasses
reading "Japan". It's from the 1940's. It measures three inches. It's
worth 50 bucks. You wanna see? All aboard what's going aboard.
For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
direct you to my home page at http://www.tyler-adam.com where you will
scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
Current Tidbits ... and you will see represented on our pages a silver
in representing one of America's most renowned Bombers of WWII ...
The Flying Fortress ... The B-17.
And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark