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Briefing
by George Welsh
Editor-in-Chief
Can you believe that this edition marks our ninth issue and the beginning of our third year as Bomber Legends magazine? More than half of you are involved with submitting stories and photos. Thanks to that involvement, you are part of preserving the history of the bomber aircraft and educating future generations. Other subscribers are learning from your stories, tracking down the history of their relatives, or trying to understand more about past missions.
In this issue, we have focused on the B-29 Superfortress, while still including stories on a variety of other bomber aircraft. We are also featuring an informative story on bomber formations written by Kelsey McMillan. You will recognize Kelsey’s name as having submitted numerous articles to Bomber Legends over the past two years.
As part of our mission in educating younger generations we are beginning to include stories, like Kelsey’s, that will explain the technical aspect of the air war. Plus, we will continue to feature storiesfrom those who lived it.
We hope that you continue to enjoy this and future issues of Bomber Legends magazine. |
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B-29 Revelations of Colonel Ray K. Childress
by Lee Fisher
Col. Ray K. Childress recollects some of his experiences flying the B-29 Superfortress. |
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Formations
by Kelsey McMillan
An explanation of the use of bomber formations and how they are composed. |
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Short Field Landing
by E.J. Allen
The delivery of a B-24 into a small field in North Dakota as part of the post war White Elephant program. |
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A Tailgunner's Story
by Otto Lemke
A tail gunner’s tale of his experience with his Marauder unit. |
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Bomber Talk
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Bomber Reunions
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Fiinding the Lost Treasure of WWII
by Forrest S. Clark
Crash sleuths bring closure to many veterans’ families in all parts of the world. This is the story of one crash detective and how he found a long lost crash site in Europe. | 62
Bomber Tales
by Cartoons by Bob Stevens
B-29 carrier landing and a typical Superfort pilot. |
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