The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes. PER447 After fighting their way through

After fighting their way through to the target

but Pollock was immediately removed from flying duties for his audacity

Having evaded anti-submarine defences to reach their target

7 November 1942 - Brest

and a range of at least 2000 miles

The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes. PER447 After fighting their way throughSTK0178. The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes. Stunt pilot Eugene B. Ely, a former race car driver, worked for the Curtiss Aircraft Company as a demonstration pilot in 1910, only seven years after the Wright Brothers first flight. Ely, a tall, lantern jawed, individual was excited about the possibility of flying an aircraft off a ship. Glen Curtiss believed that such an attempt wood be fool hearty, and the Secretary of the Navy refused to allocate