** . But it sure gives me the willies now. **

Mad dogs and englishmen, eh Pickett?

Yikes.

Whatever we did, and we made a lot of it up on the fly, it sure did work most times that we needed it to work.

High-school crew chief in the back, looking at the fuel needle, guessing at temperature, humidity, altitude, load position... GED gunner with a hangover... (yeah yeah yeah, I'm kidding) factor in pilot experience and skill, how much motor the ship's got left...

Know what? Because we did that and got away with it, there are guys walking around today who would never have made it back without us. A lot of them, dammit. As far as I am concerned, that's all that counts. Anything else, to me, is bullshit. A piece of cloth? Stick it, y'know?

Bob