| There he lay, along one side of the tank between the engine and the sponson. |
| The crew chief was underneath the starboard sponson, trying to unseat the landing-gear pin, when my copilot released the brakes. |
| An eager gunner endeavoured to pass one of the tanks, but his gun caught the sponson and slipped off into the mud. |
| A bomb exploded directly beneath the sponson, where the dead body had fallen. |
| A key issue is the cleanliness of the hangar bay, sponson and door light-locker. |
| The next thing I remember was someone on another sponson throwing me a life ring, which landed about five feet from the hull of the ship. |
