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Old 11-21-2003, 09:58 PM
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Default RE: Building the 7th Chadwick

The Chadwicks were a tradition in the 13th Bomb Squadron. Their web site is at: http://www.13thbombsquadron.org/index1.html
I have only found the history back to the 5th Chadwick. There may be more on the site but I have not found it.

The 7th Chadwick 44-34698

In this case the 7th Chadwick was also the Wheel airplane. When the previous "Wheel" went down on February 20 and the "6th Chadwick" was wiped out, the new "7th Chadwick" was so pretty that the Commander had it designated as the new "Wheel". The series ended at the "request" of 5th Air Force when the "7th Chadwick" went down on August 8, 1952 with crew Robert Neighbors MAJ - PILOT, William Holcomb 1LT - NAVIGATOR and Grady Weeks M SSGT - GUNNER.

The "Wheel" plane was normally the CO's. Neighbors was not the CO. At that time Lt Col Alvin R. Fortney was CO

My model will have the names of the last crew.
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