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Re: USAAF Fire Fighting
In the book below is a photograph of a crashed P-51 covered with foam following a fire. It was a strange situation where the P-51 pilot flew to a bomber base to show his bomber crew brother the new P-51 aircraft and while taking off he went out of control and crashed into a parked aircraft and was killed. Mr. Zorn was an 8th AF photographer who was assigned to document crashes. He kept rather thorough documentation and I found the book very interesting.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Stories; McLachlan, Ian & Zorn, Russell J., 1991, 224pp, hard; Non fiction. Eye witness accounts from American airmen and British Civilians of the perils of war., B & W, 1st ed., Patrick Stevens Ltd, 7 x 9.5., $15
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