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Category Archives: MEMORIALS
The Numbers: 923 — 923
Two numbers that everyone familiar with the Flying Tiger crash should remember are “923” and “923.” The first number 923 refers to the airplane, a Lockheed four engine Super Constellation, “Flying Tiger 923.” The second number refers to the date … Continue reading
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Update on Galley Head
Galley Head Lighthouse is the home one of the 50th anniversary memorials dedicated on September 23, 2012. On reporting the memorial activities at Galley Head, it was stated that “the lighthouse ceased functioning with the advent of global positioning satellites, … Continue reading
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Tagged Galley Head Lighthouse, Gerry Butler, irish light houses, light houses
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Ode to Big Bird (Flying Tiger 923)
A Memorial Poem For the “Big Bird” Flying Tiger Flight 923 By Garret Ahern, Dublin, Ireland ‘Big Bird’ Out from New Jersey, Big bird spreading wings, Trundling east-ward, in War-cold nineteen-sixty-two. Three-score souls and ten- And more aboard, Service by … Continue reading
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