Ran Out Of Fuel

Clarence LeMieux was the engineer boarding the B-17 reminisced, “I looked over at the fuel gauges, and they were pretty damn low. I said: ‘We’re not going to make it with this fuel.’ We saw what looked like a wheat field—all this pretty grass—and Fred [Eaton] says, ‘Let’s put her down here.’ ” He also described the landing to be a perfect one.