09 Jul 97 22:00, Jim Dawson wrote to Jim Sanders:
 JD> I learned a lot baout the '17 that was new. And today while ooling 
round
 JD> on the internet, I found WWW.Avnet.com that had a story from 1944 
covering
 JD> a B-17 of the 8th that was hit in the horizontal stabilizer by another
 JD> plane of their group. The plane that was hit did a loop and ended in a
 JD> spin. Crew recovered and made a successful landing. Pilot got DFC. The
 JD> theme was above all else, fly the plane.
You can loop a B-17?  Impressive.  Glad it wasn't me.  :)
Jay
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