Most of usīought gaucho boots for $5.00 a pair. Them and got out the cigarettes and cans of cheese and bacon, also deviled ham Before we arrived in England, we opened most of The idea was that if we had to bail out on our journey, we would haveįood if we could find the plane. We carried spare partsĪnd tools for our plane and all of our baggage. Leaving Belem, we flew over the Amazon River and the deep jungles of Brazil
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The plane plus any repairs that had been made or problems with it. Their flying time, the exact hours running time on the engines and air frame of
This was an accurate recording of the men who flew the plane also a record of That was another job of the flight engineer – to keep the ship’s log. Next morning, we left for Belem, Brazil.Īfter each flight, I had to stay with the ship to refuel it and check engine oilĪnd make the ship secure for the night. (Rum and Coke is no big deal!) Thisįlight took us over the tip of Cuba. Leaving West Palm Beach, weįlew to Trinidad and stayed overnight. The Northern Route so we took the Southern Route. However, the time we flew overseas was the storm season in The Northern Route flew close to the polar cap, i.e., We named the plane " Call Me Later." We later flew what was called the WeĬould never think of a name and kept telling the artist to "call us later", so Orders and also had our ship painted with a good-looking gal and our names. It was quite a change - flyingįrom snow in Nebraska to shirtsleeves in Florida. Lincoln, Nebraska to West Palm Beach, Florida. WeĪlso had to put a 24 hour guard on the plane this we all did.Ībout the first week of April, we left for overseas. From this pointĪs engineer, I had to crewchief the plane, that is, perform all checks and
We got our overseas equipment, physicals, This point, we were assigned a new B-24J, which had only 4 flying hours on it.īy the way, a new airplane smells much like a new car. Of training was on the job combat, and we learned by hard knocks.Īfter training at Peterson, we once more left by train for Topeka, Kansas. We spent a total of 3 months there training. The ones markedĪfter being assembled as a crew at Salt Lake, we were transported by train toĬolorado Springs, Colorado, Peterson Air Force Base, for combat training,įormation flying, air to ground gunnery, practice bombing, night flying, andĮmergency procedures. Only 7 of the original crew completed the 31 missions together. Sardonia was made bombigator to replace Lt.
Promoted up one rank: officers to 1st Lt., Kirk and Pop to T/Sgt., and the rest After flying 10 missions, all crew members were Sivley was grounded on about the 7th or 8th missionīecause of ear problems. Smith was taken from us and made a leadĬrew navigator. The 93rd Bomb Group for lead crew training also radar bombing training. Joe Markus was lost on his first mission. In the month of December, 1943, we were assembled as a crew for the Markus ASN36636142 who lost his life on his first combat mission. By Ellsworth Chou and Joni Varner (Chou) THE COMBAT RECORDS OF CREW #146 8th AAF – 2nd DIVISION – 20TH COMBAT WING 446TH BOMB GROUP – 704TH SQUADRON AAF STATION #125 BUNGAY, ENGLAND APO 558
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