BW>So you have B-29 time!  How many hours did you put in?
About 600 hours, haven't looked at my log in many years but that
        is a close guess.
BW>Have any other stories you would like to share?  Or have they all been 
dumpe
in the "I rather not have anyone know about that" bin?
       Naw, I only remember the good things, forgot the C.S people I
        met along the way real soon.
Was given the task of going into the Sea of Japan looking for a downed
air crew, we let down about 50 miles out and as we broke out of the
clouds at about 500 feet, there they were. Called a sub who was in th
 area and we dropped a buoy for the crew and went over to guard the
 sub. Believe me, a B-29 was armed back then. We stayed with the sub
 until the clouds got down to the point where it was no longer safe
 to make turns under the clouds and the sub felt he was also safe so
 we went back to the air crew but cloud deck was so low we could not
 find them so we climbed on top and waited for the sub to pick them
 up. Really heart warming to know we had a hand in saving a crew.
For those wondering what a B-29 was doing in air sea rescue, it
makes on hellava fine platform for searching with all fuel tanks
full and 8500 gallons in the bomb bay.
BW> I had occasion to chat with
 part time instuctor that flew Lancasters in the the war (You know,
 WWII - it was in all the papers).  He would comment from time to
 time that he should have been dead, based on all the stupid things
 he and other pilots would do now and then.
   That Lancaster was a biggg old bawx in my book, not like some of the
   pretty A/C that the war produced. Wasn't the snarl of a Merlin
   engine music to the ears?
Ford
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