My Dad's Ship "Sky Cow"
Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:42 pm
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Last edited by ACarey on Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:46 pm
Good Lord -- please tell me your dad took the "after" picture...
Sky Cow
Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:00 pm
My dad painted the cow. Another crew borrowed the plane and crashed on take-off due to lack of power.
Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:32 am
Well he did a good job on the cow anyway. 
Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:42 pm
The aircraft in question was a lemon. According to Dad, he was in his tent reading a Disney comic book and saw the cow. He said to a crewmate, "Instead of painting a good looking girl on the plane, why don't we paint this cow with wings. With the problems we've had with her, she flies about as well as a cow."
Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:14 pm
Just curious, where did it crash? and I wonder if its still there?
Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:28 pm
Eniwetok July 1944. You could maybe sneak on the atoll and dive. However, the U.S. Government might frown upon that. 
Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:46 pm
read the subject head and thought, what the heck – cow and airplane doesn't compute. Picture + explanation = got it. A real cow indeed!
Wreck
Fri Mar 02, 2007 12:43 am
Thus, my father's assertion was correct.
Re: Sky Cow
Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:56 pm
ACarey wrote:My dad painted the cow. Another crew borrowed the plane and crashed on take-off due to lack of power.
Glad to know your father lived to fight (and paint) another day -- any idea what happened to the crew that WAS on board that day?
Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:17 pm
The crew survived, some with minor injuries. A month later they were shot down over Chichi Jima and killed. That's another story...