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Jake
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 05:43 PM
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Yes! It was Paul tibbets Jr though...
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Jake
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 05:46 PM
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I guess you knew it was Jr. Cuz you mentioned his mother
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CorkerHam
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 06:17 PM
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Paul Tibbets named the plane after his mother
(Later OMD named their song after tibbets mast famous action)
sorry folks, got to bottom of page seeing just the question 
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mauro109
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 08:04 AM
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Hi Jake,
the pilot was the Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr.
Bye 
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dinosaurJR
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 01:49 PM
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Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. was the Captain of the ship...
Edit - dang, I spent so long looking I was last to answer...
This is fun - long may it continue!!
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Jake
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 01:55 PM
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ok...... the moment youve all been waiting for...
how did the americans modify tanks for d-day?
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cheesehawk
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 02:30 PM
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I believe they put a snorkel device on them, to aid in crossing to the beach.
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Jake
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 02:38 PM
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cheesehawk
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 02:41 PM
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Gamekeeper's right, I was thinking that, but then remembered the German snorkels and got all mixed up!
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Gamekeeper
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 02:43 PM
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My description may be a bit off, it had propellors fitted as well, I remember seeing one being recovered on TV a few years ago, something to do with Italy invasion
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Jake
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yes, sorry for the confusion, gamekeepers right
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what was the first prototype of the b-17 called?
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Jake
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yes! sry for late reply
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