[ARC5] [Fwd: Re: [armyradios] Gibson Girl]

[J. Forster]

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Subject: Re: [armyradios] Gibson Girl
From:    "Bruce" <bsugarberg at core.com>
Date:    Mon, August 13, 2012 2:56 pm
To:      armyradios at yahoogroups.com
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Hello All,

"Island in The Sky" is a 1953 film written by Ernest K. Gann, based on his
1944 novel of the same name.

The film follows the crew of a C-47 Skytrain who try to survive after a
forced emergency landing in the uncharted wilderness near the
Quebec-Labrador border, in the extreme winter cold with temperatures
plummeting to -40 degrees F.

The book was based on a true story about a flight on February 3, 1943.

In his autobiography "Fate Is the Hunter", Gann related the true story, and
his role as one of the search pilots, while serving with Air Transport
Command at Presque Isle Airfield, Maine.  (Everyone was rescued, with no
casualties).

73, Bruce WA8TNC
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Bruce Gentry wrote:
>
> Richard Dillman wrote:
>  >
>  > There's a John Wayne movie that has a Gibson Girl in it. They were in
>  > an aircraft that come down on land.
>  >
> The film is "Island In The Sky". It was on TV a couple weeks ago
>
> Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>  >
>  > RD
>  >
>  > =================================
>  > Richard Dillman, WPE2VT
>  > Chief Operator, Coast Station KSM
>  > Maritime Radio Historical Society
>  > http://www.radiomarine.org
>  > =================================


-John

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