RED INDIAN AlRMAN.—Captain L. S. Bearskin (right) photographed at the Christchurch airport after flying from the United States in command of a Globemaster air transport. With him are Lieutenant-Colonel D. R. Bridges (left), commander of the United States Air Force task unit for Antarctic operations, and Captain J. D. Day, the unit’s medical officer. Captain Bearskin is a Cherokee Indian, and this is the fourth successive year that he has come to Christchurch. In 19 years' military service, he has logged more than 6000 flying hours to qualify as a command pilot.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29004, 18 September 1959, Page 15
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92RED INDIAN AlRMAN.—Captain L. S. Bearskin (right) photographed at the Christchurch airport after flying from the United States in command of a Globemaster air transport. With him are Lieutenant-Colonel D. R. Bridges (left), commander of the United States Air Force task unit for Antarctic operations, and Captain J. D. Day, the unit’s medical officer. Captain Bearskin is a Cherokee Indian, and this is the fourth successive year that he has come to Christchurch. In 19 years' military service, he has logged more than 6000 flying hours to qualify as a command pilot. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29004, 18 September 1959, Page 15
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