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Dr L W Bains Journals European Deportee Flight Memoir
Dr L W Bains of Creedmoor State Hospital recounts accompanying fifty aliens including forty one mental patients on a public funded deportation flight from Idlewild to Europe. The narrative sketches the long journey via Azores Lisbon Madrid Athens Rome Vienna Geneva London Shannon Stockholm Frankfurt Heidelberg and back, noting crew, immigration officials, hospital delivery, and hotel stays. He details experiences with the plane crew and hospitality along the way with multiple cities and landmarks observed.
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Dr. Bains
Creedmoor State Hospital
Queens Village
New York
Europe
W. D. Bains, Sr
Madrid
Greece
Mediterranean
Athens
Rome
Acropolis
Italy
Lapses
Vesuvius
Capri
Weber
Via Appia
Eo Ice
Coliseum
St. Peter’s
Alps
Vienna
Geneva
Switzerland
London
Shannon
Mid-U. S
Ireland
Scotland
Stockholm
Frankfurt
U.S
Veryone
Goethe
Lange
Heidelberg
Heidelberg Castle
Germany
L. W. Bain