#bomber crew

[stone-cold-groove]

Flight jacket worn by the crew of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Screamin’ Demon.

[nocternalrandomness]

Display at the Yorkshire Air Museum of a tail gunner in an RAF Avro Lancaster Bomber during WW2

[redarmyscreaming]

A pair of dorsal gunners strike a fierce pose operating TB-3’s early exposed TUR-5 turrets.jpg

[electronicsquid]

Rollerskating in Tampa

(Frank Scherschel. 1942)

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Toward the end of August 1949 a United States Air Force 'flying laboratory', installed in a B-29 to assemble data for the protection of bomber crews, made a disturbing discovery.

"Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists" - Robert Jungk, translated by James Cleugh

[carbone14]

Bombardier moyen Martin B-26B-20-MA Marauder 41-31765 "Fightin' Cock" du 450e Escadron de bombardiers du 322e Groupe de bombardement de la 9e Force Aérienne - 1944

Photographe : William P. Boyle

Ce bombardier a été détruit lors de l'atterrissage sur la base aérienne de la RAF de Great Dunmow le 12 août 1944 suite aux dommages subis au-dessus de la France.

[aviationwarhistory]

332nd BOMB SQUADRON, 94TH BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE Idiots' Delight ground crew painting another bomb symbol on her nose indicating another mission completed.

[moonwatchuniverse]

60 years ago... USAF B-58 New York to Paris record flight ! May 1961, the USAF aircrew of the Mach 2 strategic bomber Convair B-58 Hustler, nicknamed “The Firefly”, seen during planning for their USA to France supersonic transatlantic crossing. Left-to-right: Captain William Polhemus, Navigator, Captain Raymond  Wagener, Defensive Systems Officer, and Major William R. Payne, Aircraft Commander. This USAF bomber crew  won the Harmon and Mackay Aviation Trophies for this record flight. While Lindbergh’s flight took 33 hours 33 minutes, the B-58 Hustler only needed 3 hours 19 minutes... an average of 1755 Km/Hour for the very first supersonic transatlantic crossing ! Note the Rolex GMT-master Pepsi pilot watch at the wrists of Captain Polhemus and Captain Wagener. Even today, the GMT-master remains the favorite wristwatch among many pilots, civil and military alike! (Photo: USAF)