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Re: Photo Curtiss Aircraft
Stig, no. 43 force-landed near Chihuahua City and the pilot Maj. Herbert Dargue was lucky to escape from irate civilians; 43 was burned as a precaution.
Dargue was killed in a transport 5 days after Pearl Harbor, carrying important war plans. He had served on Corregidor 1912-13.
Arbon wrote a history of enlisted pilots in service, " They also flew, the enlisted pilot legacy 1912--1942". Very interesting story of a neglected group of pilots.
Nick
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