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"I don't know the answer to this but I'm pretty sure. I didn't dream it--so here goes. On a solo mission sometime in 1952 a Cottonpicker had a tip tank fail to feed. He cracked the canopy a bit, charged his .45 and took a shot at the tip tank. Didn't see anything so he thought he had missed. He tried once more. After a while the tank seemed to be lighter so he tested stability and it seemed better. He landed OK. He later said that .45 deafened him. On the ground he saw a small hole on his side of the tank and a big hole on the outside. Several Cottonpickers saw it. I just talked to him later. Whodunit?" -- Jack Griffiss, 15th TRS "I believe it was McNulty. It was the unwritten procedure in the event a tip tank failed to feed and failed to jettison." -- Frank Meyer, 15th TRS
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