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Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
Private Clint Eastwood (now actor and director) was getting a lift in a Douglas AD-1Q dive bomber that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the Point Reyes Peninsula near San Francisco on 30 Sept 1951. The pilot was Naval Lt, (jg) P. C. Anderson. Eastward swam to shore and Anderson paddled to shore. The plane ran out of fuel in fog
Can anyone identify the serial and Anderson? Of course Eastwood is now the director of Sully the film about true Hudson ditching Thanks Paul Last edited by paulmcmillan; 3rd December 2016 at 00:56. Reason: Typo on name |
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Re: Clint Eastward Ditching 30 Sept 1951
Eastwood or Eastward?
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Re: Clint Eastward Ditching 30 Sept 1951
Chris
Typo fixed And title Thanks Paul |
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Re: Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
Private Eastwood was a passenger in AD-1Q 09383, which was flying from NAS Seattle to Mather AFB. The pilot became lost in bad weather and ditched off Point Reyes.
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Re: Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
George
Many Thanks for that Kind regards Paul |
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Re: Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
Interesting. Here's another name I've often wondered about (and never thought to ask anyone). Has anybody ever identified any aircraft flown by Hall of Fame and Boston Red Sox baseball player Ted Williams, who flew with the Marines in WWII and in Korea (and lost several years of baseball doing so)? Or the any of the bombers flown by Jimmy Stewart or George McGovern (I think it was) over Europe in WWII?
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Re: Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
Suspect "P C Anderson" IS actually FRANCIS COLEMAN ANDERSON USN O-419051 - Some news reports quote FC and initials not "PC"
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=13766655 KIA in a AD-4N Skyraider #124748 night bomber with Detachment F, Composite Squadron 35 aboard the carrier USS KEARSARGE (CVA-33) On January 28/29, 1953 Also killed was Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class John Robert Schmid #3182981 USN of Nebraska http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=5924 Eastwood and Anderson paddle to shore in Dingys |
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Re: Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
A facebook post confirms pilot as Francis Coleman Anderson
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Re: Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
Anderson's aircraft was AD-4N 125709 and it was believed to have been an operational, not combat, loss.
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Re: Clint Eastwood Ditching 30 Sept 1951
George thanks for correcting the AD-4N serial 125709
Paul |
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