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Title: Long Way Home--Pan Am Pacific Clipper 31K Mile WWII Saga
Source: LiveLeak
URL Source: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=196_1363275401
Published: Mar 14, 2013
Author: mtnmanx
Post Date: 2014-07-07 17:40:38 by X-15
Keywords: aviation, Pan Am
Views: 851
Comments: 23

Long Way Home--Pan Am Pacific Clipper 31K Mile WWII Saga

Astonishing story of Pan Am's Pacific Clipper, caught in the South Pacific during the attack in Pearl Harbor, and declared a "strategic resource at the disposal of the American military", resulting in an incredible 31K mile trip back to the USA.

"Do not return to Hawaii. Do not return to US west coast...Strip aircraft of all markings and identification...proceed west...maintain radio silence...deliver aircraft to Marine Terminal, LaGuardia, NY. Good luck."

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#1. To: X-15 (#0)

Awesome story.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2014-07-07   18:04:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I recall a Clipper also at Wake Island that got away.

Cynicom  posted on  2014-07-07   19:23:56 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I recall a Clipper also at Wake Island that got away.

Your mind is sharp and memory great.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island

Following this attack, the Pan Am employees were evacuated along with the passengers of a Clipper flying boat that had survived the attack unscathed. The Chamorro men were not allowed to board the plane and were left behind.

Do a word search (ctrl-f) on Clipper at the link. Second reference.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2014-07-07   19:50:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#7. To: Fred Mertz (#6)

Thanks...found it.

Been in and out of Wake a few times.

Once even by Pan Am, not by Clipper, rather a DC-4.

Recall that one clearly as we lost engine on takeoff, fully loaded, staggered back in.

Cynicom  posted on  2014-07-07 20:21:22 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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