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Caption: Marker detail: Captain Basil L. Rowe
Additional Description: Captain Basil Rowe was born on Fox Hollow Road in Shandaken in 1896. He was a friend of Charles Lindbergh, flew in World War II and the Korean War, and ended his career as a number one pilot for Pan American Airways. He wrote an autobiography “Under My Wings,” and was featured in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not for flying the equivalent in miles of 223 trips around the planet. On his passing in 1974, a plaque was erected for him on Fox Hollow Road.
Submitted: March 28, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p514905
File Size: 0.896 Megabytes

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