Article 76APC A Navy blimp landed in San Francisco with its engines running and its crew gone

A Navy blimp landed in San Francisco with its engines running and its crew gone

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Ellsworth Toohey
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On August 16, 1942, the Navy blimp L-8 lifted off from Treasure Island, San Francisco, on a routine antisubmarine patrol with Lieutenant Ernest DeWitt Cody, 27, and Ensign Charles Adams, 35 - Adams's first flight as a commissioned officer. At 7:38 a.m., - Read the rest

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