MelmothTheLost
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Mystery of the lost love plane: How could a drunken, homesick serviceman steal the giant Hercules... and did he really crash into the Channel?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...homesick-serviceman-steal-giant-Hercules.html
This is a completely new case to me, and one for one of the more thorough podcasts to get their teeth into.
The sight of a Hercules C-130 transport plane starting up its engines was nothing unusual, even at 5am. RAF Mildenhall in May 1969 was the home of the United States Air Force’s 36th Airlift Squadron, and it was flying missions around the clock.
Yet there was something about this particular aircraft that vexed Staff Sergeant Alexander, that morning’s flight supervisor.
He had not seen a pilot boarding the plane, only a mechanic. And if there was no pilot at the controls, why were the propellers turning?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...homesick-serviceman-steal-giant-Hercules.html
This is a completely new case to me, and one for one of the more thorough podcasts to get their teeth into.