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Crossing The Atlantic
By Phil Swan Co-Pilot, 603rd Squadron
While celebrating the New Year's of 1945, sitting in Gander Field in Newfoundland, waiting seven days for satisfactory winds to cross the Atlantic enroute to Prestwick, Scotland, the Winsor Coleman crew practiced a ditching procedure daily. The crew was made up of Coleman, first pilot; Phil Swan, co-pilot; Ed O'Hotnicky, navigator; John Roby, flight engineer; Gene Warren, armorer; John Menig, radio operator; Richard Anderson, waist gunner; John Alderson, tail gunner; Robert Hush, ball turret gunner.
Veteran: Phil Swan |
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