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The Flying Prostitute

Lawrence Hunter

2.5/5 ( ratings)

The Flying Prostitute was one of many pseudonyms given the B-26 Martin
Marauder bomber in WWII by those who flew them.

This plane cremated so many crewmen that newscasters were afraid to write or
talk about it for fear it would cause a morale problem with the men charged
to fly them. With the high number of men being killed in horrible crashes
crewmen wore their Air Force Wings as bracelets on their wrists so their
bodies could be identified, "just in case." Combat in the skies over Europe
followed, and so did the crashes. Pilots did not know the mammoth tail could,
and had separated from this airplane while in flight. Pilots knew that they
risked being cremated with their crew in a disastrous, fiery crash. What they
did not know is that the manufacturers of parts of this airplane were
falsifying reports and Congress knew it.

The Flying Prostitute is the dramatic true story of the most dangerous
airplane ever built. It is shocking in its detail and documentation.

The refusal to write about this airplane remains an enigma for writers even
to this day. The author recites his cadet life at Randolph Field, San
Antonio, Texas, The West Point of the Air, where he became the top-ranking
cadet officer. He then earned his wings at Ellington Field, Texas where he
along with others of his class, was assigned to be an Instructor Pilot of
this aircraft for seventeen months.

Language: English

Pages: 252

Format: Paperback

Publisher: iUniverse

Release: March 01, 2000

ISBN: 0595000487

ISBN 13: 9780595000487

The Flying Prostitute

Lawrence Hunter

2.5/5 ( ratings)

The Flying Prostitute was one of many pseudonyms given the B-26 Martin
Marauder bomber in WWII by those who flew them.

This plane cremated so many crewmen that newscasters were afraid to write or
talk about it for fear it would cause a morale problem with the men charged
to fly them. With the high number of men being killed in horrible crashes
crewmen wore their Air Force Wings as bracelets on their wrists so their
bodies could be identified, "just in case." Combat in the skies over Europe
followed, and so did the crashes. Pilots did not know the mammoth tail could,
and had separated from this airplane while in flight. Pilots knew that they
risked being cremated with their crew in a disastrous, fiery crash. What they
did not know is that the manufacturers of parts of this airplane were
falsifying reports and Congress knew it.

The Flying Prostitute is the dramatic true story of the most dangerous
airplane ever built. It is shocking in its detail and documentation.

The refusal to write about this airplane remains an enigma for writers even
to this day. The author recites his cadet life at Randolph Field, San
Antonio, Texas, The West Point of the Air, where he became the top-ranking
cadet officer. He then earned his wings at Ellington Field, Texas where he
along with others of his class, was assigned to be an Instructor Pilot of
this aircraft for seventeen months.

Language: English

Pages: 252

Format: Paperback

Publisher: iUniverse

Release: March 01, 2000

ISBN: 0595000487

ISBN 13: 9780595000487

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