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I found this small collection of postmarked envelopes showing the early pre war dates and some clipper ship cancellations. It must have cost a lot to make these trips on the clipper ships during these pre war days.Attachment 97614Attachment 97615Attachment 97616Attachment 97617Attachment 97618
The good old Boeing 314 Clipper Pan American.....................
My former brother-in-law used to travel to Japan for ITT and was given this as a memento of his Pan Am travel:
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I eventually tracked down the whole set including these:
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Bob
Did'nt anyone pick up the posted date on that 1st letter! Dec 6th 1941 the very evening before the attack on Pearl Harbour, the "Day of Imfamy" in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech to Congress declaring war on Japan..........
Always amazes me to think of how things might have been based on the Boeing 314 or the Sunderland Flying boat, how Howard Hughes never got his Spruce Goose finished, delivering over 500 men in one landing or parachuting delivery. Mixed up chap in his head towards the end, but brilliant in his hey day.............that reminds me must go and wash my hands and put my gloves back on :lol:!
Be sure you’ve got enough pee jars!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd
Unreadable PM postmark, they are ahead of Hawaii by 6 hours...so that's the afternoon before attack by a few hours. Hawaii would be the evening before by a few. Second is Hawaii, a month to the day and in the AM...before.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
This letter was addressed to Hans Haurwitz in Berlin. I did some research on him and found the following information. Haurwitz was born in Berlin in 1918 and was a Jew. Before WW2, he took over his family business in Berlin. He was able to survive the Holocaust and came to Erie PA. Later he was manager of the Warren Radio Station. He died in 2015. He was an avid stamp collector and belonged to many collector groups. I do not know how this particular envelope came back to the US but am sure he traded these items over the yearsAttachment 97671Attachment 97670
RCS,
Thanks for that very interesting and heart warming, especially as a persecuted Jew and all, being so very successful during some tough times, shame he's not still around, as he would have some tales!!
Any chance of a 'In Flight Movie?'Quote:
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd
Here you go:
Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper NC18603 - YouTube