Night bombers interception in Western Europe in 1944

I took off on every mission with the knowledge that in
case of dire emergency I would probably die in the nose of Willie the Wolf.


As sad as it is, you were right. Glad that situation never happened, Art.

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Its always better to lose -an- engine, not -the- engine.

Subject: Night bombers interception in Western Europe in 1944
From: nt (Krztalizer)
Date: 7/14/2004 8:41 PM Pacific Standard Time
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I took off on every mission with the knowledge that in
case of dire emergency I would probably die in the nose of Willie the Wolf.


As sad as it is, you were right. Glad that situation never happened, Art.

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Under the best of conditions escape from th nose of a Marauder is difficult.
but if the co-pilot is killed, escape is impossible and the nose can become
your coffin. Go to my website and click on "BOB". He was our co-pilot and he is
what I saw when I looked over my right shoulder. The only way out of the nose
is under his feet with his help to keep my chute harness from hanging up on the
engine controls. If he dies or is badly wounded, my exit is blocked totally.
One day he took a hit from a 20mm shell that came into the cockpit from an ME
-109. Go to my website and read "I'm Hit, I'm hit" for the whole story.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer