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Old April 3rd 04, 12:23 AM
Darrell
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The B-47 guy was named Dewey Johnson--he was the faculty advisor for our
high school Key Club, otherwise I would never have recalled his name. I
*think* the Wright might have been a Robert, but can't recall for sure. As
to johnson, I don't know where he served other than in Spain--I can still
remember him talking about how great a tour that was, with the US dollar
being so high against the local currency that he could afford to have a
gardener and housekeeper for his little villa. Real nice guy; I can

remember
him telling us about a takeoff in a B-47 where the pilot forgot to

properly
set the flaps, leading to them barely clearing the security shack at the
gate located off the end of the runway...


I don't think I knew Dewey. I only flew the B-47 for a short time in
Savannah, GA. 3 trips to Morocco,
Nouasseur Air Base outside of Casa Blanca. I did get to Moron and Madrid in
Spain in a B-58.