In article <d2RBv.372475$uU1.113657@fx05.am4>,
> On 27/07/2014 21:58, chuck@olypen.com wrote:
> > Here is an interesting bit of trivia for you.
> >
> > Amazing WWII Aircraft Facts
> >
> > 276,000 aircraft manufactured in the US.
> >
> > 14,000 lost in the continental U.S.
> >
> Who shot that lot down? Friendly-fire I assume.
No -- many were lost due to "stupid pilot tricks," like swooping down
into a chicken yard to see how many birds you can blow away with
propwash, or flat-hatting over water in a B-24 and tipping sailboats
over with propwash.
Of course, there were the usual number of too-close encounters with
thunderstorms, ice, fog, etc.
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