Ensign Elbert Randel points out to his mother, Mrs. T. M. Randel, the spot where his airship went down

Creator

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Identifier

20036321

Description

Ensign Elbert Randel points out to his mother, Mrs. T. M. Randel, the spot in the Caribbean where his airship went down, casting him and eight companions adrift in a life raft for 52 hours. Ensign Randel and his mother are shown seated at a table in a living room. He is holding an atlas and with a pipe in his right hand pointing the spot in the map to his mother, both looking at the map. Ensign Randel is wearing his navy-pilot hat. Mother Mrs. Randel is wearing a polka-dot dress. In the Naval Air Corps for 25 months, Randel is a command pilot in lighter-than-air craft and has had training in flying heavier-than-air craft. He has been notified of his promotion to lieutenant, junior grade, as of September 1. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, August 30, 1944.

Archival Date

1944-08-22

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-615

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Randel, Elbert (ENS); Randel, T. P. (Mrs.); Naval aviation; Military air pilots; Military personnel; Maps; Rafts; Uniforms; Caribbean Sea; Dresses; Polka dots; Tobacco pipes; Living rooms