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| .80 WWII, 35,933 AAF planes lost to combat and (mostly) accidents | .80 WWII, 35,933 AAF planes lost to combat and (mostly) accidents, 70% KIA from operational accidents, not enemy action .82 fuel leaks and cigarettes blow up planes .84 Tour of duty 40 combat missions, 50% survived that long .85 B-24 High wing and protruding bomb bay doors, broke up in 2/3 of ditchings, sharks arrive quickly, rescue unlikely .87 mid 1994, better-provisioned rafts with radios, but 1945 Jan only 13% of downed airmen rescued .87 half of Catalina flying boats crash hitting the ocean, for every man rescued, several rescuers die .91 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canton_Island | Canton Island, ]] "one tree", 7000x150 foot runway, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati | Kiribati ]] .95 bombed Nauru, shot down all the Zeros .103 ''Super Man'' shot up, lands at [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funafuti | Funafuti ]], 594 holes, Harry Brooks dies .106 Japanese air raid, planes destroyed, church evacuated before destruction .112 New crew for Louie and Phil tail gunner Francis McNamara "Mac" .116 Crew flies Green Hornet, search and rescue mission 225 miles north of Palmyra, engine fail, wrong engine feathered .119 crash, sinking with plane, Mae West works, surfaces .125 inflated raft, probably released by engineer before death .126 Louie barely catches raft, paddles to catch second raft, then pick up Phil and tail gunner Mac .127 [[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtaBrQ-3EA | Ration D bars ]] |
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Laura Hillenbrand 2010
Beaverton Lib 940.5472 HIL
USAAF Pilot Louis Zamperini , Japanese POW Camps
- scrambled timeline preface
- xvii preface 1943/6/23 raft in Pacific, 27 days after crash
- xviii strafed by Japanese bomber
003 1929/8/26 12yo L.Z. childhood home Torrance CA, Graf Zeppelin overhead at night
005 LZ born 1917/1/26 in Olean NY f. Anthony railway electrician, m. Louise
- 005-007 hellion, scared of airplane flights 008 older brother Pete, younger sisters Silvia and Virginia
- 013 1931 Louis steals tickets, brother Pete convinces school principal to let Louis run track, Pete coached him
- 015 Louis surrenders to Pete, seriously runs, 016 builds lungs, 225 seconds underwater
- 017 swivelling hips, seven foot stride, 1933 high school class president, wins races, breaks records
- 018 wins 1933 UCLA Cross Country two-mile race by more than a quarter mile
- 020 1934 National high school 4:21.3 mile, beating 4.23.6 record, broken by Bob Seaman in 1953
- 025 Wins 1936 Olympic trials 5000 meter race in New York, overeats on ship
- 034 7th in race, 14:46.8, fastest American 5000 in 1936, fastest last lap ever 56 seconds
- 035 Hitler says (translated) "Ah, you're the boy with the fast finish"
- 036 Steals chancellery flag, allowed to keep it
- 040 USC, Jimmy Sazaki p46 Japanese spy
- 041 June 1938, NCAA championship, attacked and boxed by other runners, still wins mile with 4:08.3, NCAA record until 1973
- 044 1940 Olympics Japan host withdraws, Finland alternate attacked, leaves USC a few credits short, welder at Lockheed
- 044 early 1941 joins Army Air Corps, washes out, joins army again September 29
- 052 Japan attacks Wake Island air base Dec 11, lose two destroyers and 1153 men, Americans lose 52, 98 captured Dec 23
053 kludge bombsight and an $8000 Norden bombsight
- 054 Louis visits home, then to Ephrata (WA) Army Airfield
- 055 pilot Russell Allen Phillips "Phil" Indiana, Purdue U
058 Top turret gunner & engineer Stanley Pillsbury, Maine
058 Waist gunner & engineer Clarence Douglas, Virginia
058 Nose gunner & navigator Robert Mitchell, Illinois
058 Belly gunner & radioman Frank Glassman, Chicago
- 058 Tail gunner Ray Lambert, Maryland
058 Waist gunner & radioman Harry Brooks, Michigan
- 058 Co-pilot George Moznette
059 372nd Bomb Squadron 307th Bomb Group Seventh Air Force, B-24D
- 059 no steering, taxi with engine power and brakes, Flying Coffin
Aircraft |
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Production |
18,188 |
12,731 |
Crew |
11 |
10 |
Length |
67 ft 2 in |
74 ft 4 in |
Wingspan |
110 ft |
103 ft 9 in |
Height |
17 ft 7.5 in |
19 ft 1 in |
Wing area |
1,048 sq ft |
1,420 sq ft |
Aspect ratio |
11.55 |
7.57 |
Zero-lift drag coefficient CD |
CD 0.0406 |
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Frontal area |
42.54 sq ft |
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Airfoil: root |
Davis (22%) |
Airfoil: NACA 0018 |
tip |
Davis (9.3%) |
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Empty weight |
36,500 lb |
36,135 lb |
Gross weight |
55,000 lb |
54,000 lb |
Max takeoff weight |
65,000 lb plus |
65,500 lb |
Fuel capacity normal |
2,344 US gal |
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long-range tanks in bomb bay |
3,614 US gal |
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Oil capacity |
131.6 US gal |
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Powerplant |
4 × 1,200 hp |
4 × 1,200 hp |
Propellers diameter |
3-bladed 11 ft 7 in |
3-bladed |
Performance |
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Maximum speed |
297 mph at 25,000 ft |
287 mph |
Cruise speed |
215 mph |
182 mph |
Stall speed |
95 mph |
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Range: 1,540 mi |
1,340 nmi at 237 mph |
2,000 mi |
normal fuel,maximum internal bomb load |
with 6000lb bombload |
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Ferry range |
3,700 mi |
3,750 mi |
Service ceiling |
28,000 ft |
35,600 ft |
Rate of climb |
1,025 ft/min |
900 ft/min |
Time to altitude |
20,000 ft in 25 minutes |
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Lift-to-drag |
12.9 |
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Wing loading |
52.5 lb/sq ft |
38.0 lb/sq ft |
Power/mass |
0.0873 hp/lb |
0.089 hp/lb |
Armament |
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Guns |
10 × .50 caliber M2 |
13 × .50 in M2 |
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Browning machine guns |
Browning machine guns |
Bombs: |
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Short range |
400 mi : 8,000 pounds |
400 mi : 8,000 lb |
Long range |
800 mi : 5,000 pounds |
800 mi : 4,500 lb |
Very long range |
1,200 mi : 2,700 pounds |
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Wing placement |
high, unstable flotation |
low, stable floation |
- 61 Army Air Force AAF 52,651 stateside accidents, 14,903 personnel killed, mostly trainees
65 November 1942 372nd flies to Hickam Field Oahu, crew names plane Super Man
- 68 aerial gunning 3x squadron average, Louie bomb scores outstanding, target dead center 7/9 times
- 68 10h/day boring sea patrol
- 72 Deploy to Midway, December 23, 1942 attack Wake
- 76 Admiral Chester Nimitz presents Distinguished Flying Crosses to pilots, Air Medals to crewmen
- 80 WWII, 35,933 AAF planes lost to combat and (mostly) accidents, 70% KIA from operational accidents, not enemy action
- 82 fuel leaks and cigarettes blow up planes
- 84 Tour of duty 40 combat missions, 50% survived that long
- 85 B-24 High wing and protruding bomb bay doors, broke up in 2/3 of ditchings, sharks arrive quickly, rescue unlikely
- 87 mid 1994, better-provisioned rafts with radios, but 1945 Jan only 13% of downed airmen rescued
- 87 half of Catalina flying boats crash hitting the ocean, for every man rescued, several rescuers die
91 Canton Island, "one tree", 7000x150 foot runway, Kiribati
- 95 bombed Nauru, shot down all the Zeros
103 Super Man shot up, lands at Funafuti, 594 holes, Harry Brooks dies
- 106 Japanese air raid, planes destroyed, church evacuated before destruction
112 New crew for Louie and Phil tail gunner Francis McNamara "Mac"
- 116 Crew flies Green Hornet, search and rescue mission 225 miles north of Palmyra, engine fail, wrong engine feathered
- 119 crash, sinking with plane, Mae West works, surfaces
- 125 inflated raft, probably released by engineer before death
- 126 Louie barely catches raft, paddles to catch second raft, then pick up Phil and tail gunner Mac
127 Ration D bars