So the wife drags me into Wally world.We're walking down the aisle and I see this old timer motoring towards us in a powered chair. Then I see he's wearing a B-17 hat.So I stop him and start talking to him.I ask him where he flew out of.(I'm familiar with the names of MOST bases in England).He says: Guam,Saipan and Okinawa. He goes on to tell me that he flew search & rescue in a Hot-rodded B-17.It had all the armor removed, a gigantic fuel tank and a life boat slung underneath. They would take off at dawn and return at dusk. He said with all the armament and plating removed,it would keep up with a Superfortress.I'm going to make sure he makes it to the Collings Foundation event this April.
Edit:His name is Don and he's 94.