Some recent pics

[tamrock]

These are some I took around home. I took the the dogs to a doggie play park during a break from yard work and after that for one walk around a lake where I took a picture of a western grebe and a bluegill. Going home this old B17 flies overhead and gives me the sounds and sight of what would have been a fairly common site in the 1940s. The sight of it makes me recall a Robert Pershing Cooper who was my grandmas brother known as Bobby and I came to know by a portrait on a wall, a dollar bill called a short snorter, an old Stevens Crack Shot 22 with his name scratched into the stock,
a Purple Heart and a letter from the war department, stating Robert will no longer be considered MIA and now will be considered KIA. Bobby and 9 other crew members on April 15, 1943 vanished into the North Sea after their B17 seemingly sustained flak damage and could not keep up with the returning formation
after a bombing mission and we're caught and shot down by 4 or 5 pursuing German ME109s and they we're all never seen again.

 

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[buck8point]

Looks like that was one of the liberty foundation planes called "Madras Maiden"

Schedule | Liberty Foundation B-17 Madras Maiden Flying Fortress

Nice Shots..

 

[worldtalker]

Bluegill are some sweet tasting fish,especially with hush puppies.

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Kray Gelder]

They are a powerful sounding aircraft when they fly low overhead. I just read that 4,735 B-17's were lost in combat during WWII. A lot of brave souls. Thanks for posting that.

 

[buck8point]

And to think that every one accounted for 10 Brave Airmen onboard, is a sobering thought.. Makes you really appreciate the sacrifice of the Brave Men and Women that died so that we can live Free.

 

[WannaDig3687]

Thank you for sharing that story of your Great Uncle Bobby. He along with so many made the ultimate sacrifice for this country, and sadly their stories are fading with time.

Looks like a fun time for the dog.

The Western Grebe photo is sweet.

The blue gill needs to grow a little. I can't get any fish pics. The aquashade makes the water too dark.

Great pics, thanks for sharing.