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WalterBright
6 months ago
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B-17 crews were all volunteers.
trte9343r4
6 months ago
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None of them were drafted? In general army only 29% soldiers were volunteers. I find it hard to believe they all volunteered.
And I found a few cases where instructors were assigned to B-17 as a punishment.
WalterBright
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They all joined the Army Air Corps as volunteers.
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