Africa Orient Division of Pan American World Airways, crew of 5,000th Atlantic crossing
Title
Africa Orient Division of Pan American World Airways, crew of 5,000th Atlantic crossing
Description
Pan Am caption: "PAA CREW THAT FLEW TRANSPORT ON FIVE THOUSANDTH CROSSING OF ATLANTIC: Miami, Fla. - Here's the crew that flew a giant transport from Casablanca to Miami to chalk up the 5,000th Atlantic crossing by the Africa-Orient Division of the Pan American World Airways for the Air Transport Command. Reading up from the bottom, they are: Capt. R. A. Holman, pilot, of Lodi, Calif.; co-pilot Kenneth G. Brosdal, of Duluth, Minn.; Robert C. Simmons, navigator, Miami Beach, Fla.; John A. Grimshaw, flight engineer, Glenalden, Pa.; and A. E. Deese, radio operator, Miami, Fla."
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Still Image
Identifier
exh00090000110001001
Coverage
1940-1950
Is Part Of
University of Miami Libraries. Special Collections., Pan American World Airways, Inc. Records, ASM0341. Accession 1; Box No. 258; Folder No. 3; Folder Title: History World War II, Africa Orient Division. http://merrick.library.miami.edu:80/cdm/ref/collection/exhibits/id/358
Files
Citation
“Africa Orient Division of Pan American World Airways, crew of 5,000th Atlantic crossing,” UM Libraries Digital Exhibits, accessed November 26, 2024, https://scholar.library.miami.edu/digital/items/show/663.