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Former Sikeston Man Pilot Last Plane Out of Shanghai
The Sikeston area mourns as John C. Denman, former Northwest Airlines pilot, flew the last international plane from Shanghai before its surrender. He, his wife, and son live in Tokyo after years of service in the Orient, and reports detail the chaotic evacuation amid communist encirclement and heavy fighting around Lunghwa and Woosung.
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Sikeston Man
Shanghai
Sikeston
John C. Denman
Clint H. Denman
Northwest Airlines
Oriental
Denman
Orient
Northwest
Air Transport Command
Tokyo
Manila
Johnny
Lunghwa Airport
James Farrel
NWA
Don King
Orient Division
Frank H. Bartholomew
United Press
Far East
Robert Morgan
Dave Edwins
G. L. Hernandez
Marcelina S. Rodriguez
Maria P. Sancho
Spain
W. T. Thomas
R. W. Borsodi
R. B. Shea
E. S. Newell
F. H. Bartholomew
R. E. Hill
San Francisco
Cal
D. C. Edwins
C. D. Rosecrans Jr
C. P. Gerry
Asia