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Some emergencies are more dire than others. Those planes which couldn't stay up too much longer were given priority on landing. Well, this particular after a B-29 called the tower and informed the latter that both pilots were wounded and that the navigator and engineer would try to land the big plane. The complete right of way was given this plane by the tower which cautioned the other planes in the air to keep circling the field and to stay off the tower radio frequency until this plane lands. Lt. Col. Frennel of the 21st Bomber Command then came on the air and asked those in the B-29 if they wanted any instructions aor any other aid. "No," said the engineer,"I think I can make it alright". The plane was brought in for a beautiful landing and a waiting ambulance took care of the wounded at once.
On Sunday we went on the late shift and I had the duty of monitoring the switchboard from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m.. At 5:30 the telephone rang. It was Maple tower who asked us to start getting the set warmed up-three PBJ's were expected back soon. Visibility was about a mile and the ceiling was down to about 100 feet. I alerted the crew and we stood by on the alert. The first two PBJ's came in visually - a damn nice bit of flying for ceiling was getting lower. Bill Mathis' Crew #1 relieved us so we could go to breakfast. I learned that the largest force of B-29's ever to go out was due from a strike at Nagoya. I called Weather- They didn't expect