Harold Will give you all the details on our landing at Seething. In June of 43 some General at High Wycombe, the Hqs of 8th AF, just outside London had the bright idea of trying a five plane formation instead of the old reliable three plane job. In any case we were practicing for the Ploesti raid, although we had no idea then why we were flying low level, using the five plane element. At about 1500 feet making a left turn, we were the middle plane on the left side, we slipped under our wingman, or he slipped over us, take your pick, and he took off our number 3 and 4 props, we cut a nice wide swath through his fuselage near the waist window but he made it back to Hethel... Lt Harold L. James, our pilot sent the engineer back to the waist to tell all to get in the crash position, I was on the flight deck, the two in the nose didn't make it out, and James lined up on the runway at Seething, saw construction workers pouring concrete, pulled off to the left and set the plane down, wheels up, in plowed ground, just short of some woods. I was trapped under the top turret, one of the boys in the nose was killed and the other put in hospital for a year. The plane dug in so deep the two pilots seats were level with the ground and the greenhouse just fell away and they walked from the plane.....some of the construction workers came over and chopped me out in about 45 minutes. Major John Brooks was in the tower at Hethel and heard this on the air, grabbed a co-pilot, jumped in the nearest B-24, flew to Seething and landed on the runway, ran to our plane dug out the two in the nose, threw Lt Stout over his shoulder, ran back to his plane and took him to the hospital at Hethel. General John Brooks tells this story many years later at a reunion. "When I dug out the two from the nose I gave a morphine shot to a moving arm, a few minutes later, located a moving leg and gave it a morphine shot. When running back to the plane with Lt Stout over my shoulder, he kept rubbing my head saying, 'That's a good boy Brooksie'. He didn't realize then that he gave two shots of morphine to Lt Stout and he was half stoned. The plane we lost at Seething was an original D Model of the389th. It was not a  Black Lib.I didn't fly them until the fall of 44. Hope that is the story your looking for, if not have plenty more.... Earl HERE ARE THE LINKS
	Notice I will exchange links to most military sites when you are willing to exchange links. If you discontinue your site or change location or your email address please inform me. As of this date I eliminated some links if you wish to be re-listed please provide me with the proper information. mailto:webmaster@tributeto448thbgpcrew48.net ----- A NETHERLANDS  TRIBUTE TO US SERVICEMEN http://europethnksusa.homestead.com/ __ PEARL HARBOUR Rememebered December 7 1941 http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/mainmenu.html The "Pearl Harbor: Remembered" web site, is not associated in any way with the Pearl Harbor Survivor's Association, Inc.; The U.S. National Park Service; nor the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial __ ARMY AIR FORCES FORUM http://www.armyairforces.com/forums/gforum.cgi
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	Image Archive and Research/Reference Center for W.W.II B-24 Liberator Bombers (Over 1600 images!!) ive and reference center for the Navy Liberator (PB4Y-1) and Privateer (PB4Y-2) aircraft. Over 450 images now. Also a B-24 Identification Matrix, a section on turrets preflight and operation and a Preflight section for the Lib and Privateer. On-line data list too!   http://www.b24bestweb.com
http://www.collingsfoundation.org/ Above is a picture of the Collings Foundation  B24 "Dragon and Its Tail"  This is one of the few B24's flying today. Go to the Collings Foundation Web Site and see the schedule of several vintage aircraft they Maintain and fly.You can even arrange for a Flight in the B 24. Now the B 25 joins the fleet. Go to the Collings Foundation of Stowe Mass. and read about Aviation-Automobiles and many other interests. ------------ http://www.b24.mach3ww.com __ A Website started years ago by   Carol  Erbe      Lots or pictures and information on the B 24. Carol was one of the first on posting a web site in honor of her father.  Be sure to take a look. ------------ JOHN DURST Warbirds http://www.homestead.com/durst/index.htm __ THE ALFRED H.  LOCKE  CREW 448th and 389th BGs http://www.geocities.com/b24gunr2000/index.html
	This page tells the story of my Grandfather's B-24 crew. They began as crew 62 of the 715th BS 448th BG and later transferred to the 482nd BS 389th BG as a Pathfinder lead plane. The tail gunner of the crew, Dale VanBlair, and I have worked together to create a comprehensive site that tells the story of their time together. Dale has provided the story of their ditching on April 29, 1944.
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WING-DING Memories of a Tail Gunner http://www.genecarson.com/  Tailgunner Sgt E. Carson Lt.Col  Ret. Go to this site and look(In particular at his picture of a day at work) The story of a two tour gunner 560th Squadron 388th BG in 1943 era 25 missions. 327th Squadron 92nd BG August 44 to end of war 35 missions 8th Air Force Gene's brother John also has a page: his bio http://www.geocities.com/oralbio/jcarsonbio.html his home page http://hometown.aol.com/BKWAIV/blu4index.html his son
Lt. John Carson  USMC http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/CarsonJH01a.htm
	The Goldfish Club http://www.geocities.com/b24gunr2000/Goldfish_Club.html Information on contacting The Goldfish Club, including the forms needed for membership. A person becomes eligible for club membership when he/she ditches an aircraft or lands in a body of water due to an airplane  mishap. __ JIM WOODS (Pilot) http://mywebpages.comcast.net/halesworth
The 489th Bomb Group (H) came into existence on 1 October 1943 as a result of General Order 135, Hdqrs. Second Air Force. Colonel Ezekiel W. Napier (West Point) was it's first commanding officer. It was first assigned to Wendover AAF, Utah
	__ The B-24J "Ark Angel" - 491st BG , 853rd BS http://www.ark-angel.de/
A dedication to the men who flew the "Ark Angel". Two different chapters about the crew of Linus J.Box which successfully completed their mission goal and the crew of David N. Bennett which died during their mission on November 26th in 1944 __ Sam McGowan's Home Page "In the winter and spring of 1944, my dad, Samuel E. McGowan, was part of "The Mighty Eighth" Air Force, flying combat missions over Germany and occupied Europe with the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group(Heavy)"
Sam was in the military at a later date and served with the cargo and passenger  aircraft .He has written many stories of Military history.  He has been very active in many military lists especially those pertaining to the Airlifter. You can read many of his articles at: http://members.aol.com/samblu82/index.html or http://hometown.aol.com/blndbat/b24.html
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FLY MAGIC AVIATION If you are looking for parts or just Aviator Buff's Check out the site "Fly Magic Aviation" of  Two former  Royal Navy Helicopter Pilots at : http://www.flying-days.co.uk/links/index.html   or  http://www.flying-days.co.uk
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	SEA-TECH Exploration Special Projects http://www.divetheworld.com/ Locating and surveying WWII warbirds on the bottom of the sea. Check out the photographs of the B17 off CCorsica and the video of the B 17 off Sweden.Corsica and the Video of the B 17 off Swedenorsica and the video of the B17 off Sweden.