๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ-๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ-๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
The tension of the take-offs with about 138,000 pounds gross weight including over 7,000 gallons of high octane gas and ten tons of bombs can never be passed on to a reader of these memoirs.
It can't be done. You yourself would have had to have been there as we bounced down the runway hoping and praying. The only voices to be heard were those of the airplane commander and the pilot as they checked off increasing airspeed, etc.
The rest of the crew were praying in silence. "Dear God please help us to survive another take off, another mission and return us safely to Tinian, Amen." – Newell Penniman. Read the full article at: https://6thbombgroup.com/prep-and-fear-of-the-take-off-and-mission/
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