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Jack Cook
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I think the pilot bent every square inch of this bird.
Hey Gary, I guess he should have had a bomb to
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Ouch! :(

Was the pilot OK?
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i couldn't have done it any better!!

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That's gotta be the mechanic out there checking out the damage and cussing his pilot! :lol:

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It was obviously a "good landing".

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Or is this the result of a bomb attack to the airfield?

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This was a replacement a/c for the 354th FG and was wrecked by the ferry pilot upon landing. :?

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Jack Cook wrote:
This was a replacement a/c for the 354th FG and was wrecked by the ferry pilot upon landing. :?


Perhaps he was suppose to deliver it as a "parts" plane?

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As John Wayne would say, "termites". The mechanic was probably told, have it ready for the mission in the morning! :lol:

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Glad I didn't have to write that line report!

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Nothing a little bailing wire, some chewing gum, and a good spit shine couldn't cure.

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Nothing a little bailing wire, some chewing gum, and a good spit shine couldn't cure.


What? No Duct Tape? 8)
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No such creature as DUCT tape in WWII, Junior.

Now if you're talking about DUCK tape--sure, but that was for fancy repair stations in rear areas. :wink:

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P-51D-20-NA 44-63820 - flown by a pilot (Robert N. Blakeslee) from the 1st Transport Group, 326th Ferrying Squadron; crashed on landing at airfield A-98 Rosieres En Haye on 13th February 1945

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retroaviation wrote:
That's gotta be the mechanic out there checking out the damage and cussing his pilot! :lol:

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Mebbe so, but if he'd have made the poor guy a taxiway there wouldn't have been a problem...htat's on emonster chuckhole.

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