Post your cat
Very cool, Thanks
I found this photo in the book I just bought, "Air Command, Fighters and Bombers of World War II", Jeffrey L Ethell, and found it reposted on this site:
Now, I don't know how many of you have ridden in a B-25 Mitchell, but it is NOT a serene, quiet place. This cat must have been one in a million to have put up with the noise, vibration, and other "stuff" that happens in a WWII bomber.
http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/featuring/war01.html#air
a quote from that page:
"[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif] This astonishing photo, kindly sent by Kent Jeffrey, shows a cat in the cockpit of an American B-25 Mitchell bomber belonging to the 91st Photo Mapping Squadron, part of the 311th Photo Wing which operated throughout Central and South America. It dates from 1944 and is likely to be the only known photo of a cat in the cockpit of a military aircraft during flight in wartime. The calico kitten was, unsurprisingly, called Kitty, and the photo was taken by pilot Ole Griffith. The circumstances were a move from one base to another, when it was not wished to leave the cat behind although it was against regulations to fly animals on the planes. Later the picture was published in a magazine and a couple of books, but Ole says he was saved from disciplinary action by the Statute of Limitations (generally 5 years)!"
The man and the plane:
http://www.rb-29.net/html/91stSRSHistory/03.04.91sthist.htm
An aside, Ole's airplane:
http://www.doolittleraider.com/comments.htm
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"My Dad, Col Ole C. Griffith, flew a modified B-25 (called an F-10) for the 6th Air Force in South America. The serial number of his plane was 43-3374. After the war, his plane went to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson. It was later taken out, reconfigured as Doolittle's plane, and is now the B-25 on display at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB"
Very cool, Thanks
