On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:09:16 -0500, Mitchell Holman
<noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
>Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
>news:obf0f30vao@drn.newsguy.com:
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>> In article <XnsA746495669E56noemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell
>> Holman says...
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>> I can't find any links to the image that tell the ending of this
>> story...did he make it or have to ditch?
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>"This plane was bombing Chichijima, some sources say it was
>hit by AA fire, but most say another Avenger was hit and
>there was a collision. Pilot Bob King told his crew of
>Grady York and James Dye to bail out, then he made a water
>landing and was rescued. York and Dye were captured by the
>Japanese and were both executed."
>http://tinyurl.com/k2xwete
King must have felt awful... =(
Does look like some impact damage to the top of the fuselage forward
of the tail, as well.
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