p51 wrote:
Hmm. From David Osborne's list (spoiler alert?):
David Osborne wrote:
42-5867 Del Long Beach 2/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Ass 350BS/100BG [LN-O] Thorpe Abbotts 30/5/43; MIA Regensburg 17/8/43 w/Roy Claytor, cp-Ray Nutting, ettg-John Burgin, ro-Bill Quinn, wg-Chas Bailey (5EVD); btg-Bill Hinton, wg-Edmund Musante{chute caught on tail} (2KIA); n-Oscar Amison, b-Ken Lorch{originally evaded but caught eight months later}, tg-Cliff Starkey (3POW); flak KO’d two engines, cr Langerloo, five miles E of Hasselt, Bel. MACR 678. ALICE FROM DALLAS.
42-30064 Del Cheyenne 5/4/43; Kearney 15/4/43; Wendover 2/5/43; Hill 22/5/43; Dow Fd 30/5/43; Ass 418BS/100BG [LD-T] Thorpe Abbotts 9/6/43; MIA La Rochelle 16/9/43 w/Bob Wolff, cp-Chas Stuart, n-Larry McConnell, b-Fred White, ettg-Carl Simon, ro-Ira Bardman, btg-Bill Casebolt, wg-Art Eggleston, wg-Willis Brown, tg-Alf Clark (10POW); flak and e/a KO’d engine, cr in Atlantic off Ile Madame, 12 miles S of La Rochelle, Fr; MACR 647. WILD CARGO.
Looks like they're making an effort to be accurate?
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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)