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Author Lindner, Eric, 1958- author.

Title Tiger in the sea : the ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the desperate struggle for survival / Eric Lindner.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2021]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2075443~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  363.12493 LIN    AVAILABLE
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Description 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Missing planes. Trouble above the North Atlantic -- Anything that could go wrong -- Fixin' to die -- Missing life rafts. Trouble in the North Atlantic -- Invisible --All we had was hope --Speechless -- Missing persons. I don't know what we'll do without her -- Praise galore -- Having second thoughts -- Missing files. Final verdicts -- Crew legacies -- Passenger legacies -- Not so tight security -- The healing hand of friendship.
Summary "On a moonless September night in 1962, 900 miles from land, Flying Tiger flight 923 began to fall apart at 21,000 feet. A crash was inevitable. Survival was impossible. Tiger in the Sea is the story of that harrowing flight"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index.
Subject Aircraft accidents -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century.
Search and rescue operations -- North Atlantic Ocean -- History -- 20th century.
Airplane crash survival -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Constellation (Transport planes) -- History.
ISBN 9781493031566 hc.
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