Florida & Cape Cod by Air in 1946
Non-sked. Newark round-trip. Modern airliners. “Snowbirds” to Miami. Summer vacationers to Cape Cod. …
1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
1946 press clipping with prized photo. 2015 face-to-face details from Martz and Cowart! Come see.
2nd Crew departs Prague 2 May 1946 UNRRA
UNRRA war-relief. DC-4 trips. 3 to Prague, 2 to Warsaw with hatchery eggs.
1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
Dirty weather, dangerous runway conditions and Russian overflight permission define Jakeman and Stettner’s UNRRA flight…
2nd civilian UNRRA Warsaw flight takes off 20 May 1946
By the time these eggs arrive, chicks from the first May delivery will have hatched.
C-54 converted to DC-4 at Sebring FL ops base
Company techs convert an Army C-54 to second cargo DC-4 in just 13 days. But…
First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”
UPDATE 8/30/15: Mid-August, I spent hours with Marilyn at breakfast and then in her…