He actually flew a Catalina around the Atlantic in 1993, running into engine problems on the last leg to GB. Check it out here:
PeterStuyvesantTravel_1993
Crashlanded the first of the two Lutheran Mission Do 27īs in PNG in the early sixties after engine failure. The second Do 27 also encountered engine failure not very long afterwards, but this time claiming the life of the pilot Ray Jaensch and leaving a kiap, who was on board, paraplegic.
Had him on the phone a couple of months ago. He was very alert and talkative, telling me some of his old stories.
RIP Brian