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Old 12th January 2020, 14:41
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Re: U.S. Iranian Mission - crash 1942/3 - General Motors technicians

One of the GM reps was Roland L Spencer.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42144645/newspress/

Ancestry gives his date of death as February 28, 1942 in Iran.

A description of the crash scene:

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive...89025422/facts

The plane left Basra on February 28 and crashed near Darud around noon the same day.


Some other references apparently in the IDPF file for Gillies:
https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter...s-in-the-idpf/


Other GM rep was Gustave A Goesele.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4215..._suntelegraph/

Remains were not recovered for either man.

Plane was a Russian DC-3.

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive...0_171348-00562

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