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ocr ui* ‘1,0Wasp PurchasesM Hyr gra; at leac resi of r of 1 B and cho foriSurplus P38 forOwn Amusemen t19LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. : (UP)—A Pa8-twin-engine, single-seater fighter plane streaked to a landing and out stepped slim, pretty Nadine Ramsey who bought the plane a few hours before for herown amusement. ^CoTvismytwiHalanwil4COlItruterthebuforYcGi“The officer where I bought it as surplus property for 1,250 dollars said I was crazy,” Miss Ramsey, ferry pilot with Wasps during war, said as she pulled off her flight helmet and shook out hercurls. , ,This is what I always dreamed of. I flew P315s during the war and I’ve always wanted one.But this model cost something like 365,000 dollars then. I bough it as surplus property and they left all equipment in it—includingthe radio set.”Miss Ramsey at present is a civilian preflight instructor attached to the Sixth Ferrying Gp.
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Southern Germany Stars and Stripes
Altdorf, Bavaria, DE
Wed, Feb 20, 1946
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