McDonald Maury's B-24 story

Maury's WW-2 B24 Story

Maury is one of my Florida McDonalds Coffee Mates. We sit with
a few other youngsters and usually just laugh and tell stories.

We often talk about small experimental airplanes. Like the kind
you put a motor on your back and use a parachute as a wing.

One day Maury appeared with a small display.

This weekend Feb 2-3, there is a Military plane fly-intoVenice airport, Fl Many older/retired WW11 pilots will be there. Maury made up a small display to take and show others at the show

Here are some photos from Maury Price' B24 flying days in World War 2





The display includes a group of photos of what damage his plane suffered during a flight.

The wing was missing 10 feet from scrapnel.





Maury flew and landed the plane for 700 miles after being hit.

Then climbed the wing and inspected the damage.
Of course being a good looking ham, had his photo taken.




Another pilot wrote about the flight in his journal.
Here is a photo of that page. Click on it to make it larger.

He flew many missions over China & Japan. He was given these two flags to give to Chinese citizens with hopes of helping him. Also $10,000 US Dollars to finance his rescue if needed.


The pin is the 7th Air Corps and the patch is a well known patch for Chinese--Burma..