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MOKE ABOUT—LtThorburn Back at Saipan(CtttlllWHi fHMM Pic* 1) get below the clouds for ft deer view of the target,“One engine cut out suddenly ts we ‘broke through the overcast. lee begun to form on the ship.“We dumped our bomba on Tokyo and climbed 2,000 feet on three en-nines*Second Engine Goes“Then we went nlong for about 600 miles on three engines when , another engine started going out. j Finally we settled down at h»lf power and started to lose altitude fast—about 1,000 feet per minute.“Capt, Bernard J. Mulloy of Detroit, Mich., was piloting the bus. He ordered all equipment thrown out. Flak suits and helmets went overheard. Then we fired off all aur ! ammunition to lighten the ship.“We wallowed along after that at low speed, barely 600 to 800 feet above the water until we sighted Saipan. Evan then we did not think , we could make it. One of the two good engines coughed just before the landing hut the captain brought her down. •»No Gao LeftWe couldn’t wet the end of a stick with the gasoline we had left,” Criswell said.Members of bomber crews on the mission all told of difficulties in keeping out of range of anti-aircraft fir* and Jap night fighter*. Heavy overcast interfered with the night raid, although they hit the target by instruments.
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Fri, Dec 01, 1944
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