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Pan Am Africa Wartime Flying in Africa

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Pan Am Africa Wartime Flying in Africa

In 1941 Churchill requested Pan Am’s assistance in strengthening the air route from West Africa to Khartoum and Cairo and the North African combat zone(This linked up to Pan American Ferries transatlantic route from Natal Brazil to West Africa) On http://www.Life.com there are relevant photos by Hart Preston and Bob Landry ..use searchwords like the photographers names or ‘Pan-American passengers Cairo’….’Tunisia Libya’….’Bourke White Tunisia’…’CARIO airport’ (not cairo)…’Ferry pilots Africa’ (the latter one shows some ex US airline DC-3s and DC-2s bought by the British Government )