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MR. MENDOCINO

just read your article on the original fire bombers (“A Baptism by Fire”) in the May 2022 issue of . A couple of years ago, while having lunch with the guys at the airport in Madera, California, I mentioned an N3N in Chico for sale on the internet. A friend said, “After lunch let’s go look at it.” We did, and he bought , Harold Hendrickson’s fire bomber. I had no—proud then, even prouder now!

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