▁Pil ot ▁ 2 nd ▁L t . ▁The odore ▁B . ▁Anderson ▁un in j ured . ▁▁ 1 3 ▁October ▁Douglas ▁B - 7 , ▁ 3 2 - 3 1 0 , ▁c / n ▁ 1 1 1 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁Bomb ard ment ▁Squadron , ▁dep arts ▁March ▁Field , ▁California , ▁pil oted ▁by ▁L t . ▁Kenneth ▁P . ▁Gard ner . ▁A ▁few ▁minutes ▁into ▁the ▁flight , ▁a ▁gas oline ▁fire ▁begins ▁in ▁the ▁port ▁engine ▁car bur ator ▁and ▁as ▁it ▁spread s , ▁L t . ▁Gard ner ▁orders ▁S gt . ▁James ▁E . ▁Carter ▁and ▁P vt . ▁D . ▁Russell ▁to ▁b ail ▁out . ▁The ▁pilot ▁attempts ▁to ▁stay ▁with ▁the ▁plane ▁to ▁keep ▁it ▁from ▁crash ing ▁into ▁a ▁popul ous ▁area ▁but ▁when ▁the ▁bla ze ▁spread s , ▁he , ▁too , ▁takes ▁to ▁his ▁par ach ute . ▁The ▁burning ▁bom ber ▁comes ▁down ▁at ▁Az usa , ▁California , ▁and ▁is ▁destroyed . ▁Carter ▁is ▁slightly ▁bru ised ▁upon ▁landing ▁but ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁are ▁unh urt . ▁Gard ner ▁was ▁the ▁pilot ▁of ▁the ▁B - 4 A ▁that ▁cr ushed ▁its ▁landing ▁g ear ▁at ▁San ▁Bernard ino ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁August ▁ 1 9 3 3 . ▁▁ 1 9 ▁October ▁F ok ker ▁Y 1 O - 2 7 , ▁ 3 1 - 6 0 1 , ▁' 2 2 ', ▁of ▁the