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my dad has been gone now for about 8-9 years, he was older, died at the age of 76 back then. He was training with Navy planes out of the Daytona area around the WWII era.
He said that he ditched one in the water as he and his buddy did not "officially" log it out so they could go hot dogging. Dad was full of stories, this he gave as the reason he had his knuckles replaced due to his hands going up under the instrument panel. His story continued in he and his buddy exhausting all of the chocolate, cigarettes etc... in the life raft, thinking they would be soon rescued and then being stuck out there for about three days due to not having logged out the plane to beging with...
Dad was originally from Orlando, turns out some of his crazy stories may have been true. He raced at Daytona during the Paul Newman years in the Pepsi 24hrs. He would race his car around Ocala especially Sharpes Ferry Road to practice at night. Had a 67 Shelby Mustang until his crew chief wrapped it around a tree on baseline road going to get another six pack one time... those kind of things...
He was a "humdinger" anyhoo.
Anyone have a way to give this info about his story and a plane... to the divers, his name was Richard Cannon Hughes Jr. he trained during WWII and the war ended just before he saw active duty. He WAS a Navy pilot, that is known. The plane is a Navy Hell Diver, I am getting my older brother the info too, so he can try and verify as he is a retired Navy officer, however, I just thought I would give this a shot too.
Thanks all, happy new year...
When I started looking at freediving a while back, I found this site, it has some listing for divers on it, some caves and springs only accessible by boat, may be of interest to you all too... Peace Jer 29:11 SwimmingHoles.info Florida Swimming Holes and Hot Springs rivers creek springs falls hiking camping outdoors and Search for Springs of Florida by Name Florida Springs Database Directory by County
He said that he ditched one in the water as he and his buddy did not "officially" log it out so they could go hot dogging. Dad was full of stories, this he gave as the reason he had his knuckles replaced due to his hands going up under the instrument panel. His story continued in he and his buddy exhausting all of the chocolate, cigarettes etc... in the life raft, thinking they would be soon rescued and then being stuck out there for about three days due to not having logged out the plane to beging with...
Dad was originally from Orlando, turns out some of his crazy stories may have been true. He raced at Daytona during the Paul Newman years in the Pepsi 24hrs. He would race his car around Ocala especially Sharpes Ferry Road to practice at night. Had a 67 Shelby Mustang until his crew chief wrapped it around a tree on baseline road going to get another six pack one time... those kind of things...
He was a "humdinger" anyhoo.
Anyone have a way to give this info about his story and a plane... to the divers, his name was Richard Cannon Hughes Jr. he trained during WWII and the war ended just before he saw active duty. He WAS a Navy pilot, that is known. The plane is a Navy Hell Diver, I am getting my older brother the info too, so he can try and verify as he is a retired Navy officer, however, I just thought I would give this a shot too.
Thanks all, happy new year...
When I started looking at freediving a while back, I found this site, it has some listing for divers on it, some caves and springs only accessible by boat, may be of interest to you all too... Peace Jer 29:11 SwimmingHoles.info Florida Swimming Holes and Hot Springs rivers creek springs falls hiking camping outdoors and Search for Springs of Florida by Name Florida Springs Database Directory by County
