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This is an engine change
at K14 under primitive conditions.
| Number three
engine failed up close to the Yalu and the remaining engines were
probably pulling a lot of power in the crew's haste to get out of
there. Consequently, number four blew a jug and the plane was landed
at K14. A Flying Boxcar took a crew and I and two fresh engines to
K14. We were told that NKA infiltrators were in the area and had raided
the base. So we wasted no time in wrenching the two engines and checking
them out. A partial flight crew was then flown to K14 and we all returned
to Yakota aboard the B-29. I am up on number four, S/Sgt Paul Henrichs on the engine stand. The other guys are Propeller and other people supporting Paul and I. They are S/sgt Wilburn Ray, A/2c Chester Anderson and Elmer Orosz. |
As those that were there will remember, this is the first thing you saw when entering the main gate at Yakota. Note the directories hanging under the planes wings. The directories were sometimes helpful finding the way home after a night on the town and a bit much sake.
