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WW2 Bomber over Kildare 22.10.06?

  • 23-10-2006 7:55am
    #1
    Wing Walker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭


    Hey folks,

    I know that if I'm going to learn anything about it, then this is the place to look.

    I was in my back garden in Maynooth yesterday afternoon at about 3.30 when I heard this beautiful sound in the air. I looked around in the direction of the fantastic engine burble to be confronted with a twin engined bomber. It appeared to come from the Weston direction (flying east to west). Did anyone else see it?

    It was dark green with the black and white stripe markings on the wing tips and the end of the fuselage just before the tail section. A second flyover about 15-20 minutes later revealed USAF markings on the underside. From having a look at the net I've found something similar, the MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER.

    Any help?


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  • #2
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    This might shed some light.

    US DC3, designated as C47 during the war years.

    D'oh! Forgot the link!

    http://flyinginireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2057


  • #3
    Wing Walker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭Wing Walker


    therecklessone wrote:
    This might shed some light.

    US DC3, designated as C47 during the war years.

    D'oh! Forgot the link!

    http://flyinginireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2057

    Very cool. Thanks for that. It's definitely the one I saw. It really did have an amazing sound.


  • #4
    Steyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,266 ✭✭✭Steyr


    And its far from a Bomber!


  • #5
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Aye. There's one or two planes of that size with twin engine's flying out of Weston. Remember playing Battlefield1942, then going to the shop, only to hear what sounded like a B-17 fly overhead. Wasn't green, tho.


  • #6
    chuckberry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭chuckberry


    the_syco wrote:
    Aye. There's one or two planes of that size with twin engine's flying out of Weston. Remember playing Battlefield1942, then going to the shop, only to hear what sounded like a B-17 fly overhead. Wasn't green, tho.

    An probably eating the magic mushrooms in the garden as well!


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