Image: Fokker F.VII plane of Byrd-Bennett in flight in 1926
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Description: The Fokker F.VIIa/3M "Josephine Ford" in flight with which Richard E. Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett attempted a flight over the North Pole in May 1926. The flight went from Spitsbergen (Svalbard) to the North Pole, returning to its take-off airfield. The distance covered was 2,190 km in nearly 16 hours. Byrd and Bennett claimed to have reached the Pole.
Title: Fokker F.VII plane of Byrd-Bennett in flight in 1926
Credit: U.S. Navy All Hands magazine September 1957, p. 60.
Author: USN
Permission: "All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated."
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