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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #15 on: November 28, 2008, 10:37:38 PM »
Bojiboy,
That is a really cool thing to do with the drive! :coolblue:
Best to you.
Mike
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #16 on: November 29, 2008, 10:04:39 AM »
Quote from: MIKEYTEE on November 28, 2008, 10:37:38 PM
Bojiboy,
That is a really cool thing to do with the drive! :coolblue:
Best to you.
Mike
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Thanks Mike. We're really looking forward to the trip but most of all getting this piece back where it belongs.....
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #17 on: November 29, 2008, 10:14:51 AM »
get them to make a lil plaque to mount, turret drive donated by..........

nice memoir of ur dad
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #18 on: November 29, 2008, 10:25:06 AM »
what a great story. have a great time in cali. post pics of your journey.
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #19 on: November 29, 2008, 10:43:47 AM »
I always look forward to your posts Bro...Another great layer of the story of your pop. 
 
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #20 on: November 29, 2008, 10:49:26 AM »
Sounds like Dad was an interesting guy.  Nice of you to donate the turret to someone that can use it.
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2009, 07:07:37 AM »
OK, got it loaded in the trailer and we're headed out to California today. Still need to load the bike this morning but everything else is ready to go. Really looking forward to the trip. We'll try to send some pics when we arrive....

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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2009, 11:17:04 AM »
Greg,
You and Lou have safe and wonderful trip. Looking forward to seeing the pictures.  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2009, 11:22:48 AM »
I'm sure your dad would be real proud of you for what you are doing.
I hope they are able to restore the unit and put it back in service.

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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2009, 09:14:34 PM »
Quote from: cuthbertss on November 26, 2008, 11:35:00 PM
Monty....  here are a few pix of my leather jacket....  I had it painted for a B25 i used to fly in thats now in the Liberal Air Museum....   345th BG 

Holy Moly!!   That's my dad's old outfit!!   The Air Apache's !! 
What a  small world.... 

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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #25 on: January 12, 2009, 10:13:28 PM »
thats a cool thing your doing,thanks from a aviation buff and motorcyle crazy person


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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #26 on: January 12, 2009, 10:57:43 PM »
 Greg & Lou,

  I really enjoyed the story about your dad.  That is so cool.  Good luck with the trip.  I am looking forward to the continuing saga.

 I sure hope you mentioned to them that the turret was also responsible for making many important radio transmissions for the past 30 or so years.

  God bless the courage and ingenuity of our service men and women.

                                       Thanks for sharing.
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2009, 09:45:13 AM »
Greg and Lou, enjoy the trip.  It better fit/work now!  It would have been so easy to simply discard it.  Your life (and ours) are so much fuller hearing this story.

Weren't the B25s used to bomb Tokyo from a carrier shortly after Pearl Harbor?  I remember a movie about it with Alec Baldwin as the Commander.
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2009, 09:50:26 AM »
DUH!  It was "Pearl Harbor" from 2001.  Baldwin was Lt. Col. James Dolittle.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213149/
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Re: What do you do with a turret drive from a B-25 bomber
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2009, 07:17:27 PM »
Quote from: Jester Whisperer on January 13, 2009, 09:50:26 AM
DUH!  It was "Pearl Harbor" from 2001.  Baldwin was Lt. Col. James Dolittle.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213149/

There was a previous version called 30 Seconds Over Tokyo with Van Johnson and Spencer Tracy. Awesome movie, one of my favorites. The B 25 was the plane they used.

Well, thanks everyone for your words along the way on our adventure to California!!  :orange: We made it today around noon and went straight to the airport. They have a really neat facility and we got the grand tour. We made the donation and they were extremely happy to get the drive unit. They do not have this piece so it really will find it's way back into history. Got lots of pics but need to figure out how to resize them so I can post them. My software is on the computer at home.

Thanks again everyone!

More to come

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