"Lucky Seven"
and "Que Sera Sera",
the first plane to land at the South Pole.
October 31,1956
The crew left to right, John P. Strider, AD2, crew chief; RADM George
S. Dufek. C.O. Task Force 43; LCDR Conrad (Gus) Shinn, pilot; Lieutenant
John R. Swadener, navigator; William A. Cumbie, Jr., AT2, radioman;
Captain William Hawkes, copilot; and Captain Douglas Cordinor |