An “experimental” DC-4. A high-energy group of hardworking ex-servicemen. A Veterans Air Express UNRRA contract for cargo flights behind the iron curtain. And Newark/Miami winter passenger flights. By mid-1946, the all-veterans organization was becoming recognized and starting to thrive.
“Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights Read More »
UNRRA war-relief. DC-4 flights to Prague three times and Warsaw twice with poultry hatching eggs.
2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA Read More »
First DC-4 in the fleet makes first over-flight of Russian occupied territory enroute to Warsaw, Poland, with Captain William Jakeman in the left seat.
Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit Read More »
By the time these eggs arrive, chicks from the first UNRRA May 1945 delivery by Veterans Air will have hatched.
2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946 Read More »
Rare 1945 film footage pans non-sked DC-3 & DC-4. Taken & narrated by one of the core Founders & Warsaw Crew, John Noll.
John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit. Read More »
The Borden Company donates three pure-bred American Jersey breeding stock to UNRRA Greek war-relief. DC-4 “loading” for flight to Athens gets press attention.
1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history Read More »
In 1942-43 the Army Air Corps turned Thomas E. Cowart from farm boy to aircraft mechanic, then later to flight engineer. Flying the world with Air Transport group, he meet Captain Cooper Walker. And after the war, Walker recruited Cowart to join Veterans Air Express and fly the world together again. Thomas tells his vivid-memory story. Come meet him.
Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit. Read More »
Researching the airline in April 2015, the list of men who flew, crewed and managed this non-sked airline was 22. Within months, it grew to 62.
1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62 Read More »
