Captain Harry R. Ankeny's Combat Diary
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ROUTE TO U.S.A.
Left Leiston, Eng. Tues. Aug. 22, 1944 - 0800
Arr. London, Eng. Tues. Aug. 22, 1944 - 1200
Left London, Eng. Wed. Aug. 25, 1944 - 0930
Arr. Chorley, Eng. Wed. Aug. 25, 1944 - 1600
Left Chorley, Eng. Thur.. Aug. 31, 1944 - 0630
Arr. Preswick, Scot. Thur.. Aug. 51, 1944 - 1450
Left Preswick, Scot. Sun. Sept. 2, 1944 - 0100
9:50 hr.. C-54
Arr. Azores Sun. Sept. 2, 1944 - 1030
Left Azores Sun. Sept. 2, 1944 - 1130
9:30 hr.. C-54
Arr. Newfoundland Sun. Sept. 2, 1944 - 2100
Left Newfoundland Sun. Sept. 2, 1944 - 2200
6 hr.. C-54
Arr. Patuxent River, Md. Sun. Sept. 2, 1944 - 2800
(2200 Eastern War Time)
(All time above Greenwich)
C-54 -- Naval Air Transport Command --
Trip from USA to England made the latter part of Nov. 1943
on the "Queen Elizabeth" English Transport. Took just five
days and we arrived in Firth of Forth near Glasgow, Scot-
land.
Copyright © 1996, Harry R. Ankeny