Virtual Museum D. Ray Comish Short Snorter (Dated 4-22-41)
The Short Snorter Project
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Banknote: USA 1 dollar Silver Certificate - Submitted by: Linda Williford and Rick Comish - Date Posted: 9.29.07
See also the D. Ray Comish short snorter signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.
See also the D. Ray Comish short snorter signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.
LEFT: Photograph of the Dixie Clipper (NC18605)
which was one of the two actual aircraft used to
fly FDR on the mission to Casablanca.
BOTTOM LEFT: Photograph of the Yankee
Clipper (NC18603), same type aircraft,
Boeing 314, different name.
BELOW: Photograph of D. Ray Comish.
(All photos courtesy of Rick Comish)
which was one of the two actual aircraft used to
fly FDR on the mission to Casablanca.
BOTTOM LEFT: Photograph of the Yankee
Clipper (NC18603), same type aircraft,
Boeing 314, different name.
BELOW: Photograph of D. Ray Comish.
(All photos courtesy of Rick Comish)
The Dixie Clipper was piloted by Howard Cone. The American Clipper flew escort to the Dixie Clipper and it was piloted
by Richard W. Vinal. Richard W. "Dick" Vinal, Jr., wrote that his father told him that FDR was transferred between the
two planes during refueling stops for security reasons...."My dad had a picture of the crane rig that was set up to move
FDR. I remember the picture very well, as he was being transferred from the Dixie to the American and my dad was in
the background."
by Richard W. Vinal. Richard W. "Dick" Vinal, Jr., wrote that his father told him that FDR was transferred between the
two planes during refueling stops for security reasons...."My dad had a picture of the crane rig that was set up to move
FDR. I remember the picture very well, as he was being transferred from the Dixie to the American and my dad was in
the background."
Tom,
I was re-reading your last Short Snorter
article, with the images on the bills, and one
name stood out, that I never saw the first
time, Brooks Leffingwell.
The Leffingwell's were good friends of
our's while growing up in South Miami.
Brooks was a pilot for PanAm for awhile,
but took an early retirement. His daughter,
Suzy, and I were the same age and went
through school together.
Dick Vinal, Jr.
I was re-reading your last Short Snorter
article, with the images on the bills, and one
name stood out, that I never saw the first
time, Brooks Leffingwell.
The Leffingwell's were good friends of
our's while growing up in South Miami.
Brooks was a pilot for PanAm for awhile,
but took an early retirement. His daughter,
Suzy, and I were the same age and went
through school together.
Dick Vinal, Jr.