Not a really dramatic photo but no others of the plane exist. He can recall every detail of the day, 9-28-44. Group was escorted by P-51's which ran low on fuel and peeled off. P-38's were to meet up but were two minutes late, results were 60 % loss. Their top turret took a 20mm from Fw 190 with man losing his eye. two engines feathered he salvoed his bombs (on target anyways) and the 3rd engine ran wild. He banked for home with one good engine but then flames on the other wing. Everyone out, with the one fatality on the ground. He did hurt his groin. If you know how the chute harness is, he didn't have the crotch straps fastened cuz they made him sweat. When he jumped the armpit straps slid up and he almost slid out of his chute!
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Today's Featured Article - The Day Mom Drove the 8N - by Brian Browning. My Dad was wanting to put in a garden but couldn't operate the 8N and handle the old horse drawn plow he had found and rigged up to use with the tractor. Well, he decided to go get Mom out of the house and have her drive the tractor while he walked behind the plow. You got to understand that while my Mom is a hard worker who will always help whenever she can... she had never operated farm machinery before that day. Dad got her out there, explained how the clutch was the same as in our o
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