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| For those who are not familiar with military aircraft from the WWII era, PBYs were amphibious aircraft capable of landing in and taking off from water. They were commonly known as "flying boats". More will appear about PBYs later in this article. | For those who are not familiar with military aircraft from the WWII era, PBYs were amphibious aircraft capable of landing in and taking off from water. They were commonly known as "flying boats". More will appear about PBYs later in this article. | ||
| - | There have been others, besides myself, who give plausibility to the idea that Captain Sabatke may have intended to land his stricken aircraft in Douglas Lake. More than two years ago, I based my original assumption on a United States Navy accident report that gave the circumstances and end result of 1944 crash landing that Sabatke (then an Ensign in the U.S. Navy) was forced to make in the ocean near the Eniwetok Atoll, which was a U.S. naval base of operations in the Marshall Islands. | + | There have been others, besides myself, who give plausibility to the idea that Captain Sabatke may have intended to land his stricken aircraft in Douglas Lake. More than two years ago, I based my original assumption on a United States Navy accident report that gave the circumstances and end result of a 1944 crash landing that Sabatke (then an Ensign in the U.S. Navy) was forced to make in the ocean near the Eniwetok Atoll, which was a U.S. naval base of operations in the Marshall Islands. |
| To hear Todd Sabatke's words that his father was a PBY pilot has given me reason to explore, even further, his possible intention of landing United Airlines Flight 823 in Douglas Lake. | To hear Todd Sabatke's words that his father was a PBY pilot has given me reason to explore, even further, his possible intention of landing United Airlines Flight 823 in Douglas Lake. | ||
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