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David R. Elder correspondence, April-May 1945
1945-05-01 Bill Maas to Dave Elder Page 2
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I think we will probably be sent to Corpus Christi for awhile prior to the Pacific, & I hope to see some of the fellows who are stationed down there. Among them I believe are Ens. Don Vorhees, Archie Ewyer, & maybe Ens. John Gardner is still there. Anyhow, it certainly feels good after 19 months to be getting something out of this program worth while. Of course that extra "dough" will come in mighty handy too. I must tell you about a little incident, rather a few little incidents which happened down here the other day. It was quite a windy day & I saw three "O. 52N Kingfisher," planes come in for landings on the water & go right on over on their backs after knocking off a wingtip float. The planes would turn upside down & hang in the water by their large float which would hold them up very nicely. Of course the pilots got a ducking, but they would just climb out & set on top of the float & await the crash boat to rescue them. Also that day we lost a couple of P-boats. A couple of days later we had a P-boat in night flying land & miss the whole Pensacola Bay & landed on a little island accross the bay. So you can see we witness a lot of little minor experiences in our training, Your friend, Bill Maas [A/C Wm. Maas]
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I think we will probably be sent to Corpus Christi for awhile prior to the Pacific, & I hope to see some of the fellows who are stationed down there. Among them I believe are Ens. Don Vorhees, Archie Ewyer, & maybe Ens. John Gardner is still there. Anyhow, it certainly feels good after 19 months to be getting something out of this program worth while. Of course that extra "dough" will come in mighty handy too. I must tell you about a little incident, rather a few little incidents which happened down here the other day. It was quite a windy day & I saw three "O. 52N Kingfisher," planes come in for landings on the water & go right on over on their backs after knocking off a wingtip float. The planes would turn upside down & hang in the water by their large float which would hold them up very nicely. Of course the pilots got a ducking, but they would just climb out & set on top of the float & await the crash boat to rescue them. Also that day we lost a couple of P-boats. A couple of days later we had a P-boat in night flying land & miss the whole Pensacola Bay & landed on a little island accross the bay. So you can see we witness a lot of little minor experiences in our training, Your friend, Bill Maas [A/C Wm. Maas]
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