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American airfield diary profiles transport flyer Lt La Prade
A war correspondent highlights Lt A T La Prade of Phoenix Arizona a transport flyer who ferried troops whisky and even Bob Hope across the Med. He recalls long Mediterranean missions from Casablanca to Italy and notes his 300000 miles flown in 2000 hours with plans to buy a Fiat and convert a transport plane into a roadside garage.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Marco
la Prade
Bob Hope
Casablanca
Algiers
America
Salerno
North Africa
Sicily
W. C. Pauls
Pasadena
Calif