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February 17th 05, 12:19 PM
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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 
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