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by Tom Barnes
World War II is winding down and
Squadron VB-4 OTU-2, based in Jacksonville, Florida
retraining former carrier based aircrews.Scuttlebutt has
it that a half dozen of our PB4Y-2 Privateers and crews
will redeploy to Miami and form Squadron 114. The mission
will be to fly around the Caribbean to places like
Nassau, San Juan, Babatos, Jamaica and Cuba.
<br>"Sounds like good duty, but what's the
catch?"<br>"You fly over -- you don't
stop over."<br>"Give me a break. You mean
we can't even fake engine trouble and stop by Havana for
a bottle of rum and a case of
gin?"<br>"Nope."<br>"Then
what the hell are we doing, dropping good-will
leaflets?"<br>"No, you'll be working on
an experiment for the National Weather Bureau, searching
for hurricanes."<br>"Hurricanes! That
sounds like a bunch of crap. And it has to be the dumbest
idea I ever heard." |
2007,
iUniversePublisher
119 pages, softcover |
| Author's
website: www.tombarnes39.com |
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