Crary of the North…and South

by Tom Clavin  It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North Pole. Specifically, the aircraft was a ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47. The pilot was 33-year-old William Pershing Benedict, born in Nevada and raised in … Read the article The post Crary of the North…and South appeared first on The […]

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by Tom Clavin

 It was on May 3, 1952, that a plane landed on the North Pole.

Specifically, the aircraft was a ski-modified U.S. Air Force C-47. The pilot was 33-year-old William Pershing Benedict, born in Nevada and raised in … Read the article

The post Crary of the North…and South appeared first on The History Reader.

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