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Dick Spingler appear in blue lettering
Repairs being made to a 447th B-25 Mitchell.
447th aircraft on the field at Grottaglia, Italy.
447th B-25 Mitchells.
447th Maintenance crew working on B-25 "Alley Cat."
"Captain Wendell C. Horne was a Master Sgt. when I was there. He
ran an excellent maintenance section and with an iron
hand. An old time military man- was the maintenance
man on the Navy carrier for the Doolittle Raiders.
After damaging a wingtip at the end of a mission our
Sqd. CO Major Sampson told me to go to maintenance and
apologize to M/Sgt. Horne. I did so and explained to
the M/Sgt. how much we flight crew men appreciated the
work his section did keeping our planes flying. It's
true, he was doing a fantastic job. He was grumpy, but
seemed to appreciate the apology."
