Quote Originally Posted by Bill Hollinger View Post
An E model. More than likely not guarding the plane as much as the Norden Bomb sight inside it. My dad told me stories about how they treated the Norden Bomb sight in the early years like it was made of solid gold.
"Pickle Barrels" in those days as well!. Flat *** amazing how the R & D guys do under optimum circumstances.

Combat condition results, as I'm sure you know, failed to verify the much vaunted claims on the "Nordan".