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Boeing B-314 Clipper NC18602

On its docking cradle at Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay

(Boeing Aircraft photo)

A B-314 takeoff was always a dramatic sight.

Here, the moment of liftoff. (Pan American World Airways photo)

The Boeing B-314 flight deck.

At left, the navigator’s table; right, the radio operator’s desk; lower right the engineer’s desk. Circular control in the cabin roof was manually operated radio direction finding loop.The long horizontal tube at the near end of the navigator’s table was a periscopic drift sight for taking wind drift readings from ocean white caps. (Boeing Aircraft photo)

Instrument panel of the B-314. The hatch between the pilots’ seats

led to the bow compartment where the sea anchors and mooring

lines were stowed. (Boeing Aircraft photo)

Catwalks inside the leading edges of the wings allowed access to the

engine compartments in flight. (Pan American Airways photo)

The upper cargo compartment directly behind the flight deck housed the navigator’s

dome where the navigator took star sights for determining the aircraft’s position.

(Pan American Airways photo)

Spacious main cabin could seat 14 persons at a time for formal

dining. The door leads out to the sea wing entrance which was

the main entrance to the cabin. (Boeing Aircraft Company photo)

Plush, comfortable seating and spacious “walkabout” room made the

long overseas flights less fatiguing. (Pan American Airways photo)

Captain Robert Ford First Officer John Henry Mack

Second Officer Roderick Norman Brown Third Officer James G. Henricksen

Fourth Officer John Delmer Steers First Engineering Officer Homans K. “Swede” Rothe

Second Engineering Officer John Bertrand Parrish Chief Flight Radio Officer Jack D. Poindexter

First Flight Radio Officer Oscar Hendrickson Flight Steward Barney Sawicki

Assistant Flight Steward Verne C. Edwards Third Flight Radio Officer Eugene Leach

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