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Message:: [QUOTE="Harry Brown, post: 3519834, member: 87828"]We were an Air Rescue Squadron, small, just over 100 airmen/officers when I was assigned. Our mission was to pick up pilots shot down behind enemy lines in Korea and fly them to safety. Fields that were long enough and flat were designated for the runway (?). We landed, full flaps, standing on brakes. Turned the aircraft, then we strapped JATO bottles to the tail section and blew them while giving it full throttle. If all came out right, we got off the ground and flew 300-500 feet altitude, till we got to our lines. We were flying Goonies (C47), most built in the mid '40's, equipped with fuel tanks lining both sides of the entire fuselage. Our maximum range was classified "TOP SECRET". That, of course, was before the Huey helicopters took over all that action. We trained in England. It was actually fun duty. Flew all over Europe, spending 3-4 days doing "maintenance" on the plane...[/QUOTE]