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TUB LA GRANDE EVEN1NQ OBSERVER, LA GRANPE, OKEGOB
Thursday, June 21, 1945
ThlH la n trur minry of Hie
nM wlio fly the "hump" nn r
Inir pnMNenirrr nnd onriro over
the hlirh lllinalaynii between
ludln nnd Clilnn. Pilots cull It
the touirbeat alrllue roulo ia tlie
, world.
,
ATTACK BY ZEROS
VIII
fHE weather was not half as
bad as it had promised to bo,
and I decided that after all it
wasn't going to be too tough on
the Little Colonel. But I Judged
the man too charitably; it was
plenty tough on him. Apparent
ly the reason he was puzzling
over that map for so long was
that he couldn't understand it.
Or if he could, then ho was un
able to read it and fly the plane
at the same time. In any event
he was lost over the Himalayas
for. four hours on the crossing
and when he brought the B-17
into Kunming that afternoon, Just
as I was about to start back with
another cargo, he showed the first
sign of skill and flying sense that
he had shown all day. The plane
was on its last few drops of gas.
The outer starboard engine was
dead and the othor on tho same
side was coughing as ho came in
over the rim of hills surrounding
tho field; but in spite of that he
brought his ship down with no
mora than o violent jolt and a
near ground loop,
"What did you soy to him,
Gen?" Tony wanted to know.
"I didn't soy anything," I re
plied. "I just stood on tho run
way and watched him as ho
climbed out of tho plane,"
"You weren't even laughing?"
"Woll maybo I was, a llttlo
bit anywny," I admitted. "But
the guy was a good sport, at that.
He saw mo standing there and he
started to turn away, as though
he didn't recognize mo. But then
he spun , around, squared his
shouldcre and saluted, and I
popped a saluto right buck."
AS a general rule we in the
C. N. A. C. flew singly, al
though occasionally two or three
planes would be loaded and ready
at the same time and if the pilots
dcided to (ly the Bame route
they might toko oft together and
fly formutlon all the way over.
The safer and more common pro
cedure, however, was for planes
leaving at the same time to fly
half a mile or a mile apart so as
to offer a less attractive target to
Jap fighter planes in case they
were patrolling tho route.
Our radios, when they were
working, mado intcrplano conver
sation possible during the entire
four- or five-hour run, in con
trast to when we flew singly and
could only send or receive code
signals after wo were half an
hour out of the base. And while
chatting back and forth with tho
other planes was likely to betray
our position to Japs in the vicin
ity, wo still did it now and then
when necessary , , ,
Glnglss and I were about three
hundred miles out of Dinjan one
day in February, enjoying the
first clear weather wo had had in
sovcral weeks. At 15,000 foot we
wcro well above the ovorcast and
the sun was bright on the wings
of the panes. Below was an end
less sea of white cloud, broken
only here and there by convec
tional currents moving up over
the mountains below. Passing
above a hole in the clouds like
that wo could look down and get
a brief glimpse of tho snow
capped peak shining blulsh-whlto
in tho sun.
When wo woro in Calcutta a
short time before, tho dunce
bands and music boxes were in
tho grip of Blng Crosby's latest
hit, "White Christmas," and see
ing the snow on ono of those
mountain pcuks brought the song
to mind. I put my microphone
against my throat und begun to
sing. Ginglss know the words
and he too Joined in. The result
was not beautiful, but it sounded
so to us. Even Tsui, my sober
faced little Chinese radioman, and
my solemn co-pilot, Eddie Qulnn,
were tapping their feet to the
rhythm as Al and I went into a
specially catchy "bubububub"
passage. Suddenly Ginglss broke
in with. "We're attracting, an au
dience, Gen. Six P-40's are foiling
In right behind us."
'
T DROPPED the mike and made
a quick shift to the left to get
a squint at our guests. Singing
on the intcrplone sets was dis
couraged by the authorities, and
I didn't know but what there
might be plenty of authority rid
ing in those P-40's. But what I
saw was far worse than any C. N.
A. C. or Army big shot,
"P-40's my eye!" I yelled at
Glnglss, grabbing tho mike again.
"Those ore Zerosl"
My slipping out to tho left to
got a look at them had given
them their cue, and they were
already falling out one. by., one
for the kill. Even as I slid my
big transport into a dive for the
nearest cloud formation I could
see three of the Japs heading
for me and three for Ginglss.
"Hold onto- your hats, boysl
Here we go again!" I yelled to
Eddie and Tsui, and the three ot
us instinctively ducked as wo
waited for the rattle of machine
gun bullets against the tall of the
plane. Fortunately, we didn't
have more than about one thou
sand feet to dive before vve were
in the clouds, and although one
of the Zeros was within a hun
dred yards of us when we went
Into the enveloping mist none of
his bullets touched the piano.
Once In there, of course, wo were
vlrtunlly Impossible to find, and
that was the lust wo saw of tho
Nips. After about five minutes
Glnglss come in on tho mlko.
"How you doln', Blng?"
"All right," I said, "but I think
I'll stay in here for a while."
'Me too," Glnglss replied. "Ono
of the b put a row of polka
dots in my right wing."
(To no Continued)
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