1. June 20, 1956. Departed from Pensacola, Fla. for duty with Navy Squadron
VX-6, in Quonset Point, R.I.
2. June 30, 1956. Reported for Antarctic flying duty with Squadron VX-6.
3. Jul. 5, 1956. Departed Quonset Point, R.I. for Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, Fla.
4. Jul. 7, 1956 to Jul. 10, 1956. HO4S-3 Serial No. 138507 Flew from
Jacksonville to Quonset Point in HO4S helicopter. 11.4 flying hours.
5. Jul. 12, 1956 to Jul. 26, 1956 HO4S Serial No. 138497 and 138507 Flew
familiarization flights. 6.6 flying hours.
9. Aug. 12, 1957 R4D-5 Ser. No.17274 Flew from Goose Bay AFB, Labradore to
Sondestrom, Greenland. 8.3 flying hours.
12. August 20th, returned to Quonset Point, R.I.
13. Aug. 22, 1956 to Sept. 5, 1956 Flew ten training flights in both the R4D
and the HO4S helicopter. 7.6 flying hours in the R4D and 5.3 flying hours in
the HO4S.
14. Sept. 5, 1956. Grounded by Operations Officer for five days for
flathatting.
15. Sept. 11, 1956. R4D Ser. No.17274 Departed Quonset Point, R.I. for
Continent of Antarctica. First stop was at Hutchinson, Kansas, then on to
Ogden, Utah. 6.5 flying hours.
16. Sept. 12, 1956. R4D Ser. No. 17274 Flew short maintenance test flight at
Ogden, Utah, then flew to Oakland,Calif. 5.4 flying hours.
17. Sept. 14, 1956. R4D Ser. No. 17274 Departed from Oakland, Calif. for
Barbers Point, Hawaii. Flight was 16.3 hours long.
18. Sep. 22, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 Flew from Oahu Island to Molokai Island
and returned to NAS Barbers Point. 2.1 flying hours.
19. Sept. 27, 1956. R4D Ser. No. 17274 Departed Hawaii for Canton Island.
12.2 flying hours.
20. Sept. 28, 1956. R4D Ser. No. 17274 Arrived at Canton Island. Refueled and
departed for Fiji Islands. 7.6 flying hours.
21. Sept. 28, 1956. R4D Ser. No. 17274 Arrived at Nandi Airport in the Fiji
Islands. 7.6 flying hours.
22. Oct. 1, 1956. R4D Ser. No. 17274 Departed Fiji Islands for Christchurch,
New Zealand.
23. October 1, 1956. Arrived at the Naval Air Station called Wigram Field, in
Christchurch, New Zealand. 11.3 flying hours.
24. Oct. 16, 1956. An R5D squadron aircraft, with RADM Dufek, made first
flight of summer season to Antarctic Continent.
25. Oct. 17, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 Flew from Christchurch, N.Z. to Taieri,
N.Z. 1.6 flying hours.
26. Oct. 17, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 Flew from Taieri, N.Z. to Naval Air
Facility, Mcmurdo Sound, Antarctica. 16.5 flying hours.
27. Oct. 25, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 Local test flight at McMurdo Station.
1.8 hours.
28. Oct. 25, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 McMurdo to Little America Station V with
mail, cargo and personnel.4.4 hours.
29. Oct. 25, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 Little America to McMurdo, with cargo,
mail and personnel. 3.8 hours.
30. October 28, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 McMurdo Station to Beardmore Station
at the foot of Liv Glacier and returned to McMurdo Station. Flying time 10.0
hours
31. October 28, 1956 USS Glacier, an icebreaker ship arrived at McMurdo
Sound. First ship to arrive in Antarctica this season.
32. October 28, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 McMurdo Station to Beardmore Station
at the foot of Liv Glacier and returned to McMurdo Station. Flying time 9.5
hours.
33. October 31, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 McMurdo to Beardmore Station at foot
of Liv Glacier as a rescue aircraft for first flight to the South Pole. 4.8
flying hours.
34. November 1, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 Returned to McMurdo Station from
Beardmore Station. 3.8 flying hours.
35. R4D-6, 17274 Flights made in support of Tractor Train Operations:
11/13/56 4.1 hrs.
TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS
IN SUPPORT OF TRACTOR TRAIL PARTYx82.5
36. Dec. 18, 1956 R4D-6 Ser. No. 17274 Local test flight out of McMurdo.
Flying time 1.6 hrs.
37. Dec. 19, 1956 Air Force C-124s departed McMurdo for New Zealand due to
deteriorating ice runway conditions.
38. Dec. 23, 1956 Tractor Train reached Marie Byrd Station.
39. Dec. 24, 1956 R4D-6 Ser. No. 17274 Flew from McMurdo to South Pole
Station Flying time 7.4 hrs.
40. Dec. 24, 1956 R4D-6 Ser. No. 17274 Flew from South Pole to Beardmore Camp
at Liv Glacier. Flying time 2.5 hrs.
41. Dec. 24, 1956 R4D-6 Ser. No. 17274 Flew from Beardmore Camp to Little
America Station. Flying time 3.6 hrs.
42. Dec. 24, 1956 R4D Ser. No. 17274 Flew from Little America Station to
McMurdo Station. Flying time 5.5 hours.
43. January 3, 1957 R4D-6 Ser. No. 17274 Local flight from McMurdo Station.
4.3 hours.
44. January 4, 1957 R4D-6 Ser. No. 17274 Second flight to South Pole Station
and returned to McMurdo. Total 14 flying hours.
45. January 8, 1957 R4D-6 Ser. No. 17274 Returned to Little America Station
from McMurdo Station. 3.8 flying hours.
46. January 8 through 23, 1957 Eleven R4D flights totalling 40.2 flying hours
delivering diesel fuel in support of Tractor Trail Party.
47. January 24 through 31, 1957 UC-1 Otter aircraft Ser. No. 142426 Completed
eight flights delivering diesel fuel to Tractor Trail Party, totalling 13.9
flying hours.
48. January 9 & 12, 1957 HO4S-3 Ser. No. 138517 Flew two photographic
missions in helicopter.
49. January 26, 1957 HO4S-3 Ser. No.138517 Flew maintenance test flight in
helicopter.
50. February 4, 1957 All VX-6 squadron officers and men who were not
scheduled to winter-over went aboard the USS Curtis for their return to
Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
51. February 25, 1957 Rear Admiral George Dufek and his staff departed the
Antarctic and was not to return to the Ice until September 1957.
52. February 2 through 22, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17247 Completed eight flights
with Lcdr. Anderson, supplying diesel fuel to the Tractor Train. 33.3 flying
hours.
53. February 11, 1957 UC-1 Otter Ser. No. 142425 Transported scientific
personnel. 2.5 flying hours.
54. February 26 through March 18, 1957 HO4S-3 Ser. No. 138517 Completed 11
flights delivering frozen food from edge of ice shelf to Little America V
food storage area. In all 53,000 lbs. of frozen food was moved. 20.5 flying
hours.
55. May 11, 1957 We received a dispatch advising us that our Commanding
Officer, Captain Cordiner had been relieved. The new skipper was Captain
Vernon Coley.
56. April 25, 1957 The sun set for the last time, ending Deepfreeze II
Operations. Temperature when flag was lowered was -40 degrees Fahrenheit.
57. April 9, UC-1 Ser. No. 142425. Flew 0.7 hrs around Little America.
58. April 12, UC-1 Ser. No. 142425. Flew 0.2 hrs. around Little America.
59. April 19, UC-1 Ser. No. 142425. Flew 2.3 hrs around Little America,
completed six GCA approaches.
60. April 22, R4D Ser. No. 17274. Flew 0.6 hours around Little America.
61. May 6, 1957, UC-1 Ser. No.142425. Flew 2.5 hours of night flying, my last
flight of the season.
62. Sept. 3, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew from Little America V to McMurdo
Station. This was my first flight of the second summer season. 4.5 flying
hours
63. Sept. 9, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17274 First flight from McMurdo Station to
Beardmore Glacier where site for new relay station was established. After
unloading cargo we returned to McMurdo Station. 7.2 flying hours
64. Sept. 10, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Second flight made to Beardmore Camp.
7.0 flying hours
65. Sept. 11, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Took-off for Beardmore Camp, but heard
that Speed's R4D was forced down on the ice shelf, so we returned to McMurdo
for heaters and personnel. 1.1 flying hours
66. Sept. 11, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew to forced landing site of R4D,
17274 with personnel and engine heaters. Also landed in second forced landing
area to assist Harvey Speed. Finally returned to McMurdo Station with both
R4Ds.
2.3 flying hours
67. Sept. 13, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Completed third supply flight to
Beardmore Camp with supplies. Returned to McMurdo Station. 6.3 flying hours.
68. Sept. 14, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew to Little America Station V so
Harvey Speed could pick up a replacement R4D aircraft. 3.6 flying hours.
69. Sept. 16, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Took off for McMurdo but had to return
to Little America when the weather was reported to have become bad at
McMurdo. 0.5 flying hours
70. Sept. 17, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew from Little America to McMurdo
Station. 3.9 flying hours.
71. Sept. 23, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew from McMurdo Station to campsite
at foot of Beardmore Glacier, then returned to McMurdo Station. 6.7 flying
hours
72. Sept. 24, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew from McMurdo Station to campsite
at Beardmore Glacier. 3.8 flying hours
73. Sept. 24, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew from Beardmore Glacier site to Liv
Glacier site, then back to Beardmore Glacier site. 3.2 flying hours.
74. Sept. 26, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew from Beardmore Glacier to Liv
Glacier to discover ruptured fuel tank left on the surface. Immediately
returned to Beardmore Glacier, too low on fuel to return to McMurdo Station.
3.3 flying hours:w
75. Sept. 29, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17247 Returned to McMurdo Station from
campsite at Beardmore Glacier. 3.3 flying hours.
76. Sept. 29, 1957 R4D Ser. No. 17246 Flew from McMurdo to Little America V.
3.9 flying hours
77. Oct. 17, 1957 A squadron P2V-7 arrived at Little America with cargo, mail
and passengers.
78. Between October 17, 1957 and November 1, 1957 our detachment R4Ds flew
ten long range flights down the Tractor Trail with diesel fuel for the fuel
caches. The R4D's also made five round trips to McMurdo Station to pick up
cargo, mail and personnel slated for Little America V.
79. Oct. 14, 1957 UC-1 Ser. No. 142425 I made two reconnaissance flights in
support of IGY Traverse Party. 4.7 flying hours
80. Oct. 25, 1957 UC-1 Ser. No. 142425 I made two reconnaissance flights in
support of IGY Traverse Party. 2.3 flying hours
81. Oct. 26, 1957 UC-1 Ser. No. 142425 I made a combined photographic and
visual reconnaissance flights in support of IGY Traverse Party. 4.0 flying
hours
82. Oct. 27, 1957 UC-1 Ser. No. 142425 I made a local flight to check out
newly received pilot in techniques for ski landings. 1.0 flying hours
83. Oct. 30, 1957 UC-1 Ser. No. 142425 I made a reconnaissance flight in
support of IGY Traverse Party. 0.2 flying hours.
84. Nov. 1, 1957 UC-1 Ser. No. 142425 I rescued injured IGY scientist who was
injured when he fell into a crevasse. LT. Ratzlaff flew as co-pilot. 1.6
flying hours
11/13/56 3.7 hrs.
11/17/56 8.9 hrs.
11/21/56 6.2 hrs.
11/23/56 4.0 hrs.
11/23/56 4.1 hrs
11/25/56 5.2 hrs.
11/27/56 6.8 hrs.
11/27/56 1.4 hrs.
11/27/56 2.0 hrs.
11/29/56 1.6 hrs.
11/29/56 1.5 hrs.
11/29/56 4.0 hrs.
12/1/56 4.0 hrs.
12/2/56 2.1 hrs.
12/2/56 2.1 hrs.
12/5/56 2.2 hrs.
12/5/56 1.5 hrs.
12/5/56 2.4 hrs.
12/6/56 1.8 hrs.
12/6/56 2.3 hrs.
12/6/56 1.4 hrs.
12/6/56 2.2 hrs.
12/6/56 0.8 hrs.
12/6/56 1.7 hrs.
12/7/56 4.5 hrs.
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