Another one of our friends.
Amendola crash. Lt. Howard Hickok’s ship. Upon returning from a mission, finds his aircraft too damaged to land, so he bails out a short ways away from the landing strip.
Here Lt. Hickok looks over the wreckage. This emergency got him membership in an organization called the Caterpillar Club, made up of pilots who successfully bailed out and walked back home.
The tail section. Engine and propeller are buried underground.
Tail section.
Going over the wreckage.
Crumpled left wing, underside.
The white substance is foam from the group fire truck.
Tony Aritoli, civilian employee of Republic Aircraft Corp., manufacturer of P-47’s, inspects the wreckage. Tony was assigned to the 57th Fighter Group.
Preceding photos were taken with the Argus C-3 camera I am holding here.
