The two men were more than 20 hours into their flight when weather conditions south of Labrador turned bad. Knowing that a crowd had been assembled at Floyd Bennett Field to greet them, even schoolgirls with flowers, they pressed on, hoping to get through the bad weather and fly into clearer air further south.
But they didn’t get far and got lost and the the pilot, BG Kokkinaki, lost consciousness. The co-pilot, Maj Gordienko, had to crash land the plane by himself on the island of Miscou where he saw the lighthouse. His pilot woke up after the crash to help evacuate. A French Canadian villager found them and the lighthouse telegraphed what had happened. The plane would never fly again and it was eventually shipped out of there.
http://fly.historicwings.com/2…om-moscow-to-miscou/
Very interesting!! Such a beautiful location too!
Interesting story. A little known bit of Canadian history. Thanks.
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