[Mariner]

"Having flown P-3s in the So China Sea, I would have turned East, declared an emergency and kept it airborne as long as possible, then ditched it in the water as the engines began to fail. Hated the Red Chinese communists!!"

Absolutely CORRECT!

I had several buds in VQ-1 when we (VQ-3) were on Guam with 'em. Boot camp buddies. School buddies. SERE buddies.

That the skipper of that aircraft didn't turn east and run (at 200 ft) is BAFFLING to me.

[cracker45]

I was in VP-40 at the time and had one detached TAD to Agana, Guam in late ‘71 for several weeks. GUAM IS GOOD, especially during wintertime in Okinawa!

JC