On 2009-05-22 06:34:16 -0500, Mitchell Holman said:



Pt 2 of 5

My father returned to the US on some variety of B-24. The pilot came on
the PA and said "We just lost engine #3" - usually that means the
engine has stoped working. However, in this case, the engine had fallen
off the wing in flight.

When bucket seats became popular in cars (yes, I am tht old) he said
that he had rridden in an airplane that had bucket seats, only they
were real buckets. I don't know if this was the same flight or not, but
he did most of his Pacific cruise in troopships, so it may well have
been.

Speaking of Pacific crusies, I guess you could say the cruise was taken
via the Presidents Line. In his case I believe the troopship for the
leg from Saipan to Ie Shima was an ex-President Line ship converted to
a hospital ship converted to a troopship.

(73rd/318th FG "Barflys")
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Forewarned is four armed

Tars Tarkas