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... boat was plowing along at 40 knots , struggling to become airborne , when a banca loomed dead ahead in the murk . Pilot Harmon T. Utter kicked the rudder over hard to miss the boat . The plane heeled sharply and broke off a wing float ...
... boat was plowing along at 40 knots , struggling to become airborne , when a banca loomed dead ahead in the murk . Pilot Harmon T. Utter kicked the rudder over hard to miss the boat . The plane heeled sharply and broke off a wing float ...
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... boat being towed astern . At that rate it would soon swamp , eliminating our last hope of escape . If Lanikai lost her masts and they holed the side , she could break up . The boat must be saved ; somehow , somebody must get aboard it ...
... boat being towed astern . At that rate it would soon swamp , eliminating our last hope of escape . If Lanikai lost her masts and they holed the side , she could break up . The boat must be saved ; somehow , somebody must get aboard it ...
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... boat . Run made by flying boat at about 10,000 feet . No bombs dropped . P - 40 departed . Smoke seen on horizon , source unknown . 16 - About 0845 , exchanged signals with Lockheed Hudson to south- ward . About 0900 picked up again by ...
... boat . Run made by flying boat at about 10,000 feet . No bombs dropped . P - 40 departed . Smoke seen on horizon , source unknown . 16 - About 0845 , exchanged signals with Lockheed Hudson to south- ward . About 0900 picked up again by ...
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