On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:19:37 -0600, William Hughes
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:01:33 +0100, in rec.aviation.military.naval Rob van Riel
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:46:40 -0600, William Hughes wrote:

Uh, Rob? You did remember the R4Ds flown from the Philippine Sea (CV-47) in Jan
'47, didn't you?

Nope, I didn't (one of the reasons posting here is a good idea, you get
reminded of all sorts of things). Any hints on what it was doing there?
Testing for supply runs? Also, any idea what unit markings it bore at the
time?

As always, thanks for any info.

Rob

Six R4Ds were being transported to Little America, Antarctica, as part of
something called "Operation High Jump". The pilot of #1 was Commander William
Hawkes, with Admiral Richard Byrd as a passenger.

I don't have much information on the event, just a couple of references in my
research materials.

Google turns up several websites that appear to have more info:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...&btnG= Search


Contains an rather small grainy photo of the R4Ds on the carrier deck

http://www.south-pole.com/philippine.htm


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Pat Carpenter