Polebrook is about 71 miles from Honington, Chuck, too far for normal
assistance, I should have thought.
Yes aircraft from that time could land and take off on grass, but it would
increase the take off distance, even when dry. And it would be easy for rain
to make the surface unusable, particularly at the touchdown points.
Chris
> On 5 Dec 15, at 22:04, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> B-17s could make do with grass for a landing field. Here's some film from
> 1943. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_Wl9dIUwc
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP_Wl9dIUwc>>
>
> I noticed that Polebrook is not all that far from Honington. Although my dad
> was a P-38 and P-51 mechanic I do recall that he sometimes did some work on
> B-17s while at Honington. Maybe helping out the boys from Polebrook? I
> don't know what he did since a B-17 is way different from those small
> fighters. Maybe just help whip the sheet metal back into shape. I remember
> him talking about B-17's missing so much sheet metal you'd think they
> couldn't fly but they still managed to land at Honington.
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