Semi OT: The Long Way

[Trugrit]

The Long Way Round: The Plane that Accidentally Circumnavigated the World

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the crew of Pan Am flight 18602 were forced to do something almost impossible: return to America the long way round.

https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/the ... 4ca734c6bb

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ORIGINAL: Trugrit


The Long Way Round: The Plane that Accidentally Circumnavigated the World

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, the crew of Pan Am flight 18602 were forced to do something almost impossible: return to America the long way round.

https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/the ... 4ca734c6bb

That is a good read! Thanks for posting!

[wegman58]

Quite enjoyable.

[dasboot1960]

Epic story. At least the one caught at Wake got to fly East

[dasboot1960]

Now that I think, I beleive it actually started the war at Manila

[Dili]

Very nice tale. Thanks for the pointer.

[joey]

Thanks for the article. Very interesting journey at the beginning of the war.

[Canoerebel]

This was a fun read.

Some of the reader comments posted at the end of the article indicate that the author borrowed heavily from a book; the author replies that he footnoted the book, but he doesn't (I think) address the allegation that he copied heavily from it, as opposed to relying mostly on his own research and writing.