FIFTH HERCULES FOR UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS.—Commander Eugene W. Van Reeth, commanding officer of VX6 Squadron, and the Rev. Gerard Creagh, administrator of Holy Cross Chapel, Christchurch, taxi the Hercules to the squadron hanger shortly after its arrival at Christchurch on Saturday morning. At the hanger, Father Creagh pronounced a benediction over the ski-equipped turbo-prop jet transport. Commander Van Reeth announced that the fifth Hercules to be assigned to VX6 Squadron would be called Aotearoa. The Hercules is scheduled to make its maiden flight to the Antarctic tomorrow morning. —Official United States Navy Photograph
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 32
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94FIFTH HERCULES FOR UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC OPERATIONS.—Commander Eugene W. Van Reeth, commanding officer of VX6 Squadron, and the Rev. Gerard Creagh, administrator of Holy Cross Chapel, Christchurch, taxi the Hercules to the squadron hanger shortly after its arrival at Christchurch on Saturday morning. At the hanger, Father Creagh pronounced a benediction over the ski-equipped turbo-prop jet transport. Commander Van Reeth announced that the fifth Hercules to be assigned to VX6 Squadron would be called Aotearoa. The Hercules is scheduled to make its maiden flight to the Antarctic tomorrow morning. —Official United States Navy Photograph Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 32
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