As of November 1941
Who were They!?!
— Tim
Author Archive
The Federal Grinch Who Stole Sirocco — (Almost)
27
Dec
Chicago Tribune, Christmas Week, 1937
archives.chicagotribune.com…
ERROL FLYNN’S YACHT TOO BIG;
U.S. MAY TAKE IT
Hollywood, Cal., Dec. 26.– [Special] –
Errol Flynn, screen star, may lose his
trim sailing yacht, Sirocco, because he
is a native of Australia and an alien.
The Sirocco, which Flynn purchased in
Boston last March for $23,000, is well
over sixty feet in length and is listed
at thirty-one cross tons, which is well
over the size which, under a federal statute,
an alien is permitted to own in this country.
“Although Errol has his intention to
become an American citizen, it doesn’t
alter his position,” said his attorney,
O. R. Cummins. “He made an honest
mistake and is willing to abide by
whatever action the government takes.”
A guard for the United States marshal
has taken possession of the Sirocco
at its anchorage in the west basin at San Pedro harbor.
The government will start legal proceedings this week.
— Tim
Beginnin’ Like Flynn — Eighty Years Ago — Christmas 1935
25
Dec
Eightieth Anniversary of Captain Blood. Released Christmas Week, 1935.
— Tim
Dive Bomber Quiz
21
Dec
For all devoted Dive Bomber students and scholars:
Anyone know the manufacturer and nomenclature of the planes in this photo with Lt. Lee?
— Tim
Warbirds of “Dive Bomber” – The Fighting Lady/Air Group 5
20
Dec
In addition to planes from Air Groups 5 & 6, the USS Yorktown’s Air Group 5 was also included in Dive Bomber, most prominently so when Errol pays tribute to Fred MacMurray at the red tailed plane near the end of the movie. “The Fighting Lady” was sunk in the Battle of Midway, only a year after filming at Coronado.
Here’s a spectacular aerial of the USS Yorktown (aka “The Fighting Lady”) & USS Enterprise at and off North Island Navy Air Base a couple of years prior to the War. (I believe I can see my first and second San Diego residences in this photo, though the first is a bit smudged up! The photo, that is, not the residence.)
Here’s a great newsreel featuring The Yorktown “gallantly fighting Jap Zeroes” in “History as it Happened” the Battle of the Coral Sea:
The Story of The Yorktown:
www.youtube.com…
— Tim
