We never caught up to ours. Got close though. Nice 15 mile run at elevation, too. I guess the day wasn’t hot enough.
When he was younger, Hollywood offered him star roles, and flew him to Hollyweird (during WW II). This was due to his looks and physical condition.
However, he didn’t like the stench of communism coming from the producers/directors he had met - sooo, he then took the opportunity to visit his sister and brother-in-law instead.
Seems he was going to be late returning to base and somehow got a ride in a Gruman Duck to the airport where the airline plane was being held on the taxiway.
Moral: Pays to have a sister married to a general.