Friday, March 7, 2014

LOST IN SHANGRI-LA by Mitchell Zuckoff

Finished Th 3/6/14 (Library book recommended by Dr. Floyd)

 The adventures of WAC corporal Margaret Hastings, sergeant Kenneth Decker and lieutenant John McCollom who were the only survivors of a flight over New Guinea on May 13,1945. 

The Baliem Valley
The Gremlin Special

The high-altitude rescue was performed using Waco CG-4 gliders towed by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Three separate rescues were performed by towing a glider with single pilot into the valley. The glider was then loaded and configured for a live capture by the tow plane which recovered the survivors, towing them back to a base in Hollandia.

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