Scott Field sent guards to watch over the planes and a crew to dismantle them. It took them a week and they were taken to another airfield and reassembled and they continued on their interrupted trip to the west coast and probably on to Japan after that.
The dismantling crews offered their father the oil from the engine, very valuable in those days of rationing. They got 20 gallons and stored them in eight gallon milk cans. He used it in his tractors for the next 15-20 years.
The guards stayed at the house while the planes were being dismantled and the two kids remembered that each had a 45 calibre gun.
Just a Little Bit of History That Most Don't Know About. --Cooter
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