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Word: kvitbjoern (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...Norwegian Airlines Kvitbjoern (White Bear), a Sandringham flying boat, was one of the fanciest airliners aloft. An elevator carried its steward between the kitchen on the upper deck and the dining room and snack bar on the lower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Bitten Bear | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

Last week from one peak, hidden in rain and fog, fishermen heard an explosion that echoed from cliff to cliff. The Kvitbjoern, bound from Tromso to Oslo, burned for several hours. None of its 27 passengers and eight crewmen survived. It was the worst disaster ever for the Norwegian Airlines (headed by Admiral Byrd's old pilot, Bernt Balchen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Bitten Bear | 9/8/1947 | See Source »

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