I recently acquired a WW2 "short snorter" (dollar bill signed by military) which has the following info written around the edge: "Flite # 62105 R5-D # 50859 1-6-45 At 10,000' Short Snorter Bennett Honolulu To Oakland Via NATS". The bill is signed by 9 people.
Obviously this was a Naval Air Transport Service flight from Honolulu to Oakland and I have tracked down some info on the R5-D aircraft by using the BuNo (50859) provided. But I do not know if the 9 signatures were crew or passengers.
The top signature on the bill appears to be J W Greathause, but it is hard to read. He may have been in the Navy in WW2 in Jan, 1945, or he could have been a civilian or military passenger of antother service branch.
Does anyone know the J W Greathause this might be? If so please post here or contact me at
paroales@ionet.net.
Thanks