File:R4D-5L Que Sera Sera at Beardmore-Scott Auxiliary Air Base 1956.JPG
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editDescriptionR4D-5L Que Sera Sera at Beardmore-Scott Auxiliary Air Base 1956.JPG | The U.S. Navy Douglas R4D-5L Que Sera Sera (BuNo 12418, c/n 9358, ex USAAF 42-23496) idles next to its refueling tanks at Beardmore-Scott Auxiliary Air Base, Antarctica, in 1956. This aircraft was the first aircraft to land on the South Pole on 31 October 1956. Crew: pilot LCdr. Conrad S. Shinn; copilot Capt. William. M. Hawkes; navigator Lt. John Swadener; crew chief AD2 John P. Strider; radioman AT2 William Cumbie; Rear Adm. George J. Dufek, Commander Task Force 43 and Commander Naval Support Forces, Antarctica; and Capt. Douglas L. L. Cordiner, Commanding Officer of Antarctic Development Squadron 6 (VX-6). These were the first people to stand at the South Pole since January 1912. The aircraft is today on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, at Pensacola, Florida (USA). |
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Source | U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News [1] November-December 2006, p. 26. |
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