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From Gene Banning's list of 8/31/00: "... Aug 43, to Oct 47; last flight DC-4 SHA TAO, MPPG, 9/20/47; flew 200 RT's over Hump."  February 22, 2005 Tom - I sent copies of your pilots pages down to my father-in-law, "Captain Robert W. "Bob" Jenkins", for his comments. He is retired, living in Florida, with his wife Nancy. They met in Binghamton NY and were married in 1944 (met & married in two weeks), and lived in China until the communists took over in '47. Here are the comments he made: Add to his name: PAA-Africa, PAA, USAIR (my comments: He was flying Boeing 314 Clippers to Africa when PAA offered the CNAC job. After the war, PAA had too many pilots - Bob went to Robinson Airlines, which became Mohawk, Allegheny, and retired from USAIR in 1974. Was one of two pilots that brought the BAC-111s into the Mohawk fleet) R.A. "Gibby" Gibson - deceased Raymond "Ray" Hauptman flew to 1947 (I presume he was there with Bob to the end in China) - deceased J.H. "Jim" Maupin - deceased W.C. "Mac" McDonald - deceased Marshall "Mike" Schroeder - deceased (Bob says "add PAA, shot down by a Jap") Richard "Dick" Stratford - deceased I need to get him talking with a tape recorder - he has some amazing stories, including one about a clipper that went aground in Africa and ripped it's bottom out. It was filled with concrete, dragged out, and flown back. Also about Hump flights - it amazes me what these guys did. He turned 86 today. Jim (and his daughter Ginny) Feltner E-mail feltnegj@swva.net  or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list, please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know. Thanks! |