Cherry checked their Estimated Time of Arrival, sent radio notification of the number of wounded aboard and asked to have extra ambulances waiting. Only an hour more, but it was still a long, hard pull. Cherry realized now that their aircraft was shot up and that Wade was bringing them in largely on sheer skill and will power. Wade sent back a message by Bill Mason. “We’re a mess of holes, but tell the boys ‘Papa’s going to take you home.’ ” And he did. They flew low over their home base at dusk. She looked down on the field to see the ambulances and unloading crews and ground crews waiting. The entire complement of the field, and a crowd of pilots and flight nurses, were standing all over the field, looking up for their C-47! Cherry thought of all the times she had sweated in overdue or imperiled planes. Now she was being sweated in herself! The radioman must have notified home base of the air battle over Germany. They circled past the control tower, and skimmed lower and lower over the runway.
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