[rescue] Boats?

[Mike Nicewonger]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, you wrote:
> >  > What about the B-25J... something close to two DOZEN forward firing
> >>  50Cal machine guns.  Those things are fun for when you want bullet
> >>  holes.
> >
> >Have you seen pictures of the B-17 escort gunship they built?
> 
> This I have to see.  URL?
> 
> >Also, there was a late-model B-17 prototype with liquid-cooled
> >Allisons instead of the air-cooled Wright Cyclones.  That didn't
> >work out as the Allisons were needed for the P-38s.
> 
> I heard about this one... never seen pics though.
> 
This was a very odd looking bird. I have a pic somewhere in one of my
dozens of military aircraft books.

Mike N