McCrary was then tasked with putting together a team of airborne war correspondents to cover the Twentieth Air Force. The press corps toured Europe in the weeks after V-E Day in a custom B-17 fitted with high-powered shortwave radio equipment.
After being assigned the task, McCrary assembled a group of reporters to document the activities of the Twentieth Air Force. They embarked on a tour of Europe after V-E Day, traveling in a specially modified B-17 bomber outfitted with advanced shortwave radio technology.