This past weekend I had an opportunity to fly in a restored B-17G Flying Fortress, the Nine-O-Nine, part of the Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour.
B-17G Nine-O-Nine Flyover at the Ocala, FL Airport
WHAT. A. THRILL. The chance to fly in the same type of aircraft that my dad flew in during WWII was amazing.
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B-17G Nine-O-Nine Nose Art
As I toured the plane in flight, I could only imagine his thoughts and emotions as he stood at his waist gunner position in battle.
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Cindy Bryan sitting in the Bombardier Position
Even though my flight experience was so different from his, I have a better understanding of what it felt like to be on that plane in flight.
View from the Nose of B-17G Nine-O-Nine
© Cindy Farrar Bryan and The Arrowhead Club, 2013
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