Pilot’s Rescue, 1940

Pilot’s Rescue, 1940
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DHRG No:102674
Format:Portable Document Format (.pdf)
Synopsis:
This contribution from the Dartmouth History Research Group, by Capt. Robert Franks, is about more recent times and concerns the rescue of an aircraft pilot in 1940 and the subsequent salvage of the aircraft’s engine in the 1980’s.