firing 0.50in calibre machine guns.
The appropriately named
Major Paul I ‘Pappy’ Gunn
was responsible for the new
configuration. The 345th was
ready for combat.Tree-top Terrors
Lt John Bronson, a pilot in the
498th BS, described the early days.
“We flew our first combat mission
in June 1943,” he said.
“These were all at medium
altitude as I recall. The
conversions had us with eight
forward-firing machine guns and
a unique capability and we were
definitely anxious to use it.Hard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed WarriorsHard-n sed Warriors
describes the exploits of the 345th Bomb Group the Air Apaches
February 2018 FLYPAST 21