over the field, accompanied by pyrotechnics
which soon filled the sky with smoke. A P‐40
Warhawk managed to get airborne to defend
against the attackers, replicating the heroic ac‐
tions of 2nd Lts. George Welch and Ken Taylor
on that fateful morning. A B‐17 flew low over
the runway, its single main gear extended,
looking for a place to land, reenacting Major
Truman Landon’s return from a training mis‐
sion to