Having flown in a B-17, his flight in “Doc” rounds out his wish list for flights aboard WWII “Warbirds”. “Fifi” and “Doc” are the only two remaining roughly 75 year old B-29’s that are now capable of flying.
As a souvenir of his flight, Roie is holding up a “Docs Friends” B-29 patch shown at right that will be sewn on his bombardier jacket.
Roie described the flight as “Amazing”. His seat was in the rear of the plane near the ball turret where the machine guns are still theoretically positioned to fire. He said that looking out through the three Plexiglas blisters windows there gave him an appreciation of what the crewmen must have experienced when they tried to fend off enemy attacks.
More info about this plane can be found at this Wikipedia web page:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress – Wikipedia
There were 5 very successful Open Hanger Days Events this year put on by the Commemorative Air Force Heart of America Wing. Look for the dates on this site next year during the summer months so you can be sure to enjoy a flight in a “Warbird” as so many others have already done so.
Although these videos below are not of “Doc” per se, they provide more info about the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
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