| Presently
little data is available about this crew's missions, however
Donald G. Smith, Jr. son of Donald G. Smith, Navigator of
Replacement Crew 16, found and made contact with our web
site, and shared the following after our inquiry into the
crew's missions |
| Don
Sr.
was recalled that in between bombing runs they did naval
search and rescue spotting operations where they dropped
rafts to planes. he said that in one instance some Japanese
planes in Tokyo bay were hiding in the clouds sort of circling
around some wreckage and attacked their plane, so they flew
for "an hour" at 100 ft above sea level to keep
the planes from attempting to dive bomb them. He knows that
on at least two occasions submarines picked the people up
that they spotted. |
| As
Don, Jr. talks more with his father .. he will pass along
more of his father's remembrances to us - Thank You to Don,
Sr & Don, Jr. |
| Anyone
with any other information regarding this crew's missions
or current status please email updates@39th.org |
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