05/15/2003. Remarks by Ken Smith: "The pilot of this Stearman was 19 year old George Mitchell, the son of one of the founders of M & M Air Service, located in Beaumont, Texas.

The reason the wheels are in the cotton is that George was having a hard time getting work, and this farmer told George that he had watched him working a field the day before and said George was flying too high above the cotton when he was spraying the field. George told him he would fly the field close if the farmer would give him a chance.

The farmer did and so did George. George said the farmer was running around, jumping up and down trying to get him to stop because George was wiping out 2 rows of cotton with each pass."

Remarks by Jack McKillop: "Manufactured in 1942, delivered to the US Navy, assigned BuNo. 07432."