Packard5687 wrote:
"See my post on Packard5687's website about the CO of the USS Hornet. JWL"

Thank you for adding that seldom-remembered fact about Adm. Mitscher! https://56packardman.com/2017/04/18/remember-the-doolittle-raid-on-tokyo/

On a separate topic - not about Packards - a then well-known American race car driver went down with Titanic:https://56packardman.com/2017/04/18/gear-head-tuesday-race-car-driver-goes-down-with-titanic/[/quote]

Just to close the circle, the Atlantic crossing NCs (Navy Curtiss) were powered by Packard designed Liberty engines.

The engineering officer on the NC-4, James Breese, was a customer of my father in the 1950s. He did not have a Packard, but wanted his Nash Ramblers and other vehicles serviced by an authorized Packard dealer. I recently connected with his grandson, and had delightful visit with him sharing a trove of information about his grandfather.

The NC-4 is on display at the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, Florida.

JWL