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Port (Left) Side - Nose Art Inspiration - GIL ELVGREN"KNEEDING
A LIFT"
Featured on Glover’s Pepper Sauce
Contributor -
Gerald 'Bud' Shaffer (Nose Gunner)
Shown with the "Upstill Crew". The nose art on this aircraft was based on the Bing Crosby
song of the same name, which he dedicated. Piloted by Lt. Davidowski, the aircraft was heavily damaged during a mission
which crash landed on Okinawa and declared beyond repair. She was
then used for spare parts.
Info Contributor - Bob Thomas
Flew it's last mission 8 Aug 45. Over Japan, we were attacked by 2 fighters, coming out of the sun. The
Bombardier was hit by a 20mm shell in the right arm. There was a fire in the
bomb bay that was extinguished when the bombs were salvoed. There was extensive
damage: hydraulics, elevator trim cables and nose gear trailing link was hit.
Main landing gear was manually cranked down and chutes were tethered at the
waist gun posts. Landed at Yontan airstrip successfully, braking the fuselage beyond repair.
Ironically, due to wounded aboard, General McArthur was kept in the holding
pattern while we were on the runway. He ordered the plane derricked off the
runway so he could land.
(See pg 240 of Grey Geese Calling.)
Research Team Comments: Also served in 30th BG/819th BS
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