We
can thank Roger Cole for help in identifying the participants in this
photo. In the front row, holding the Ptarmigan banner, are (left)
William T. Gill, Jr, Flight Engineer, and (right)
Capt James D. Beebe,
Aircraft Commander. In the back row, from left, Mr
Don Bullock, of Fairbanks radio and television station KFAR,
Roger
H. Cole, Crew Chief, Lewis Bond, Jr, Radio Operator, Gerald Ferguson,
Radio Operator, Jack P. Brenkle, Dropsonde Operator, Capt
Ralph F Paige, Navigator, Capt
Allen P
Gyving, Navigator, 1Lt
Lynn F
Johnson, Weather Observer, and Maj
William H. Iooss, Co-Pilot. Also on the flight, but missing from
this photo, was Mr
John Thompson, news editor for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
This mission received extensive
coverage locally in Alaska, and throughout the Zone of the Interior
(ZI).
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