“Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
An “experimental” DC-4. A high-energy group of hardworking ex-servicemen. A Veterans Air Express UNRRA…
1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
One bewildering, unfamiliar U. S. Immigrations Crew Manifest surfaced in Ancestry. There were others.
M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
What an exquisite honor to introduce our newest Veterans family member. Our Veterans Air…
Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
Happy to “introduce” me to this famous war correspondent, one of the Veterans Air Prague…
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 Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
UNRRA war-relief. DC-4 flights to Prague three times and Warsaw twice with poultry…
Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
First DC-4 in the fleet makes first over-flight of Russian occupied territory enroute to Warsaw,…
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-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
By the time these eggs arrive in Warsaw, chicks from the first May delivery will…
2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
By the time these eggs arrive, chicks from the first UNRRA May 1945 delivery by…
2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
This photo shows christening of the DC-4 about to fly two UNRRA flights to PRAGUE…
1946 Warsaw 5-Part series by Michael Frome
A gathering of 1946 Warsaw By-line headlines by Michael Frome – Washington Post Staff Writer…
#3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
Radio loss forces Veterans Air Crew to land in Portland ME enroute to Prague. …
1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
A pride hard to verbalize shudders through me every time I see this film footage…
Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
Here we have the first cargo revenue flights and ton-miles, plus passenger miles information. December…
1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
In 1946, contracted by United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration, Veterans Air flew five war-relief…
John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
Rare 1945 film footage pans non-sked DC-3 & DC-4. Taken & narrated by…
1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
The Borden Company donates three pure-bred American Jersey breeding stock to UNRRA Greek war-relief. …
17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
Almost hidden, Constantine Kaloss, young Greek-American livestock handler for UNRRA Athens flight, tucks between 3…
Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
Veterans Air Express Navigator Edward Martz regaled me with stories I have not heard before….
1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
Researching the airline in April 2015, the list of men who flew, crewed and managed…
2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
Never ever dreamed I’d go to Prague. But I did, last month. And researched…
Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
Michael Frome, Veterans Air 1946 UNRRA Navigator to Prague, Warsaw & Athens. Also News journalist…
Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
One thing to read about a man you never met. Another thing to hear…
New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
A spectacular batch of 1946 Veterans Air Line images and press clippings ignited lively conversation….
AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
11 pages, 21 photos and 23 footnotes roll out the unfolding history of Veterans Air.
1946. Medical supplies to Vienna ready for take off.
Found 80 years later. 1946 media coverage: Veterans Air/UNRRA flight to Vienna “today or tomorrow.”…