Northwest History. Alaska. Mercy Flights.

Pilot Wins Mercy Race: Carries Stricken Boy 1000 Miles Through Fog And Rain. PILOT WINS MERCY RACE Carries Stricken Boy 1000 Miles Through Fog and Rain. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 6. (/P) —Pilot Harry Blunt, carrying appendicitis-stricken David Looff, 4-year-old son of Henry Looff of Alitak, Kodiak isl...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1933
Subjects:
Anchorage
Alaska
Harry Blunt
David Looff
Henry Looff
Alitak
Kodiak island
mercy race
hospital
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Kodiak
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90379
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Summary:Pilot Wins Mercy Race: Carries Stricken Boy 1000 Miles Through Fog And Rain. PILOT WINS MERCY RACE Carries Stricken Boy 1000 Miles Through Fog and Rain. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 6. (/P) —Pilot Harry Blunt, carrying appendicitis-stricken David Looff, 4-year-old son of Henry Looff of Alitak, Kodiak island, landed, here late yesterday, 35 hours after he took off, winning a mercy race during which the plaine covered a round trip of more than 1000 miles through heavy fog and rain. The boy, operated upon at an Anchorage hospital, is reported doing "splendidly."

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