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The following is a "third-hand" e-mail recevied from our CAF SoCalWing PBJ Restoration Crew Chief. I do not know the history of this incident nor if it has previously been posted on WIX...just thought it may be interesting to some.

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Here is a classic story and fortunately this fellow told it before he, too, passed away. A neighbor of mine was a P&W flight test engineer who also served on board a B-36. His wife gave me his B-36 Flight Engineer's manual. It is huge as was the plane. This is a long story and there are several parts but it is told in a manner that most aviation minded folks will find it difficult to put down. It is a keeper!

B-36 crash

http://users.sdccu.net/dmaxion/B-36crash.html

http://users.sdccu.net/dmaxion/FltEngExperience.html

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In Honor and Memory of Marine Bombing Squadron VMB 611 "Black Seahorse" 1943-1945
Remembering 1st Lt Doit L Fish, MIA May 30, 1945 in PBJ-1J "MB 11"
Cherry Point - Parris Island - Emirau - Zamboanga

Thank you for that Dave. Very somber and sobering. Hard to put into words what I am feeling now after reading that. May God bless all of our veterans and their families.

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Earn my respect and never lose it.
Demand my respect and never gain it. -Me

...just another plane dreamer.

Does anybody know where on the field did they work on the B-36's?
We fly into there all the time and do spend a lot of time out there. To see and hear a B-36 take off on Rwy 9 and fly over the city would be a grand treat. We always land on 27.

TIA,

Lynn