B-52 Stratofortress
...
Guam to Nam
Operation Rolling Thunder:
North Vietnam
& Downtown Hanoi
March 1965 - October 1968
by: Don Poss
"A captured letter, handwritten by the political commissar of the 9th Division to his higher headquarters, reported that the Allied tactical air and B-52 strikes had been unbelievably devastating (Airwar Vietnam, 1978, by Drew Middleton, p183)." (Click on sm.Photo to view Full Size!!!)
B52 Bombs waiting to load |
500 & thousand pounders |
... Lock and Load! |
Take off--wing tips flapping |
 ... and airborne |
landing gear up ... |
Squadron formation ... |
See any MIGS? Stinger's ready! |
Time to settle in ... |
3,000 miles fill-up anyone? |
30,000 gallons round trip ... |
Opening Bomb-bay doors! |
... and ... Bombs Away! |
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Bombs Away ... |
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and ... Bombs Away! |
... and ... |
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... Bombs ... |
... Aaaaaaaaaaa ... |
Way-aaaaaaaaaa... Closing
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Bomb-bay...Let's go home.
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Đà Nẵng: One Battle-damage landing. |
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B-52 Bombers over South Vietnam
- Guam to 'Nam!
And the one that got away with a battle damaged landing at Đà Nẵng!
From: Larry Parker [mailto:llp@townes.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:11 PM
To: dp@war-stories.com; larry@larryposs.com
Subject: War-Stories: B52 Rolling Thunder
I well remember Rolling Thunder because our bunks would vibrate a few inches across the plywood floor in our hooch during a strike. Đà Nẵng 1967. The first time this happened we didn’t have a clue what was going on but later learned it was the BUF’s at work. No doubt it was a fearful thing to be a mile or so from a strike.
My first time to go north to the DMZ was in the back seat of a Birddog. We were at about 6000’ and I saw what looked to me like highway construction that went on for quite a ways. It really looked like someone had cleared the jungle and was going to build a road through it. So like a dummy I commented to the pilot that I didn’t know we were building a road up here. He said what are you talking about? I said-- down there. He said, Hell that’s a B-52 strike. It made quite an impression on this Country Boy.
I was also on the flight line the night a shot up B-52 tried to land and skidded off the end of the overrun into a mine field. So very sad. The tail gunner got out as I recall.
Great site for a proud bunch of warriors.
Parker
