The AP flash came into the CBS Newsroom about 30 seconds before my interview with Cronkite ended.
Later, I was told there was a huge sigh of relief by the Cronkite producers because they too feared a hoax.
Any collision,” Cronkite remembered, “would probably [have] set off a chain explosion, wiping out the squadron.
They calmed down when Cronkite informed them his ass had been over the Channel and back in a B-17.
Cronkite had never been so disappointed, he confided a few days later to Betsy.
