Censored KOREA Cover, Block Of 10 66 1st International Mail To USA, 4 July 1946
Item History & Price
Sent by one Lt. Maurice J. Cruickshank, XXIV Corps, Air Section, APO 235 to either himself, or to his same-named father in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Military Censor - Civil Mails tape along one side.For what it's worth - on the National Parks Service website there's a "World War II Plane Crashes in National Parks" page where this odd story is told:"On June 20, 1944, a B-24 with a five crew members was 24, 000 feet over the Grand Canyon, Arizona, when all four engines died. The pilot ord...ered his crew to bail out, and three men exited through the bomb bay into the night. As suddenly as they stopped, the four engines restarted and the two pilots were able to nurse the plane to Kingman Army Air Field. All three crew members who jumped from the plane survived: Engineer Corporal Roy W. Embanks was uninjured; Lieutenant Charles Goldblum (bombardier) slid down a steep slope and his parachute snagged on the rocks; and Flying Officer Maurice J. Cruikshank, Jr. (navigator), hit a steep slope and broke bones in his foot. Cruickshank, with a makeshift crutch, was able to meet up with Goldblum in the morning, and eventually they found Embanks." Condition - open at the flap; quite a few mild wrinkles; noticeable soil here and there; some mild staining from the envelope's own glue on the front and a lot more of it on the back; some shiny gum/paste residue on some of the stamps.Thanks for bidding!
