Hope and Prayer
This chapter focuses on a crew aboard a B-24 approaching a Royal Canadian Air Force Base in Newfoundland. Unlike their American counterparts, the chapter describes that British and Canadian planes were not typically personified with names and artwork; this one was known simply as Liberator 586. The...
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crcornellup:10.7591/cornell/9781501769641.003.0008 2024-06-16T07:38:05+00:00 Hope and Prayer Wilber, Tom 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501769641.003.0008 en eng Cornell University Press Vanishing Point page 134-152 ISBN 9781501769641 9781501769658 book-chapter 2023 crcornellup https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501769641.003.0008 2024-05-21T12:53:40Z This chapter focuses on a crew aboard a B-24 approaching a Royal Canadian Air Force Base in Newfoundland. Unlike their American counterparts, the chapter describes that British and Canadian planes were not typically personified with names and artwork; this one was known simply as Liberator 586. The crew of six had departed Iceland under clear skies, though as they approached their destination in Gander, pilot A. A. T. “Al” Imrie called the base for conditions and learned the airfield was closed because of poor visibility and heavy snow. The chapter tells that the circumstances were similar to what Ponder and crew had experienced during the waning hours of the previous day, with a few crucial differences. It then introduces Imrie, formerly a professional rugby player, who was a squadron leader and veteran U-boat patrol pilot, and an experienced navigator: Lieutenant Garnet “Gar” Harland, one of the best in the business. With only twenty miles to go, the chapter chronicles how they began packing maps for the anticipated landing when a sudden change in the plane's harmonics signaled a new problem. In days that followed, arctic air swirled in behind the departing storm as search crews took to the air, eyes straining against the snow-swept Labrador bush for a wisp of smoke, shred of debris, or fluttering parachute from the Canadian plane. Book Part Arctic Iceland Newfoundland Cornell University Press Arctic Gar’ ENVELOPE(162.014,162.014,57.140,57.140) Newfoundland 134 152 |
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This chapter focuses on a crew aboard a B-24 approaching a Royal Canadian Air Force Base in Newfoundland. Unlike their American counterparts, the chapter describes that British and Canadian planes were not typically personified with names and artwork; this one was known simply as Liberator 586. The crew of six had departed Iceland under clear skies, though as they approached their destination in Gander, pilot A. A. T. “Al” Imrie called the base for conditions and learned the airfield was closed because of poor visibility and heavy snow. The chapter tells that the circumstances were similar to what Ponder and crew had experienced during the waning hours of the previous day, with a few crucial differences. It then introduces Imrie, formerly a professional rugby player, who was a squadron leader and veteran U-boat patrol pilot, and an experienced navigator: Lieutenant Garnet “Gar” Harland, one of the best in the business. With only twenty miles to go, the chapter chronicles how they began packing maps for the anticipated landing when a sudden change in the plane's harmonics signaled a new problem. In days that followed, arctic air swirled in behind the departing storm as search crews took to the air, eyes straining against the snow-swept Labrador bush for a wisp of smoke, shred of debris, or fluttering parachute from the Canadian plane. |
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