1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
One bewildering, unfamiliar U. S. Immigrations Crew Manifest surfaced in Ancestry. There were others.
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#3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
Radio loss forces Veterans Air Crew to land in Portland ME enroute to Prague. Press photo identifies six Crew known by name only prior.
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1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
A pride hard to verbalize shudders through me every time I see this film footage of my Dad’s crew members disembarking from the Veterans Air Line DC-4 in Prague. Saunie Gravely was 22 when he got the idea of an all-Veterans air service. And this amazing footage is proof of his dream-become-reality. Come watch. Sorry, no popcorn today.
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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 cargos of fertilized hatching eggs to Prague and Warsaw and one flight to Athens of dairy breeding calves.
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WANTED: Veterans Air information or leads.
We often don’t know nearly enough about one of our People. If you can help, click on the DC-3 photo to message me.
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Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
Found! Two sons, Craig & Robert, of 1st Officer Richard Broughton; Edward Martz, navigator, living in NJ; Thomas Cowart, flight engineer, living in SC. All flew Veterans Air United Nations war relief flights to Prague, Warsaw and Athens. I am psyched!
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