Sept. 23, 1945
Sept. 23, 1945 Sept. 23, 1945 Sweetheart, Dja ever have one of those days where everything goes wrong. This was it. We were briefed at 2:00 pm and went out to our ship. It was still up from the morning mission and we had to wait two hours for it. On the pre-flight check found three things wrong with it. Had to wait for the maintenance men. Also had to wait for the gas track. Get the three things fixed up and find something else. We fixed that up ourselves and finally we’re ready to take off. By now it’s nine o’clock. We taxi out to the run way and just start to take off when three of the four engines honk out. Holy hearing bones!! Damn good thing we didn’t get off the ground. Well anyway we turn around and come back to the ramp and park the crate. We spent eight hours on the line and didn’t get in ten minutes work. Eighty man hours shot to hell. ...