It has been a while since I read it... so I'm going to cheat and provide you with this link:
https://inspire.eaa.org/2018/02/14/f...is-the-hunter/
By the way, I was geeky enough to go and visit this particular DC-3 in Dallas' American Airlines C.R. Smith museum:
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Gann flew this particular airframe, so standing behind the flight deck you are standing where Gann once stood.