[ARC5] Lady Be Good - more.

[Gary Pewitt]

Looks like hip boots aren't going to do it any more.  I'll have to start 
wearing chest waders.  (:-))
73  Gary  N9ZSV




On 5/1/2011 4:58 PM, David Stinson wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Hanz"<aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
>
>> Anyone who has had a chance to touch the side of a B-24 or its
>> PB4Y-*
>> brethren know the fuselage is a *huge* mass with paper thin aluminum
>> skin......
>
> A story that was told at 8th AAF during the war:
>
>     A B-17, on a mission over northern France, was hit by flak
>     and the tail, complete with tail gunner, was blown clean off.
>     The tail gunner, being a quick-thinking young man, grabbed the
>     loose control cables.  Once he got the tail back in level flight,
>     he headed back towards his base.  When he got in range,
>     he called the tower and explained his situation, asking to
>     be cleared for a direct landing approach.
>     The tower called back:
>     "Negative, B-17.  We've got a couple of B-24s that had
>     to abort and are coming back with some *real* problems.
>     You'll have to go around a couple of times."  Well, the
>     young tail gunner was a little put-out, but he did as
>     he was asked, actually going around three times before the
>     B-24s could make it down.  While he taxied, the tower
>     called again: "The rest of your bomber and crew are waiting
>     for you at the end of the flight line.  They're already loaded
>     and waiting on you so they can fly lead on the next run."
>
> Hope they had some coffee for him.....
>
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