The Wings of Franklin Roosevelt - Photo 2
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The Wings of Franklin Roosevelt - Photo 2
A ca. 1939 photograph of the Yankee Clipper. Of the original six 314 Boeing Clippers made for Pan American World Airways, Yankee was third and Dixie Clipper was fifth. This aircraft would offer transatlantic service and mail transport until it crashed at Lisbon, Portugal on February 22, 1943. Twenty-four of the thirty-nine on board were killed in the accident.
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