Kodiak-Based Navy Neptune Bombers
In Real “Cold War” Mainland Mission
Kodiak-based Navy bombers, for
the third time in a week, have
flown forth on bombing missions
to deliver devastating attacks on
a common enemy threatening the
lives and property of Alaskans liv
ing on the mainland.
In what perhaps could literally
be described as “Cold War” tac
tics, U.S. Navy Neptune bombers
from the Kodiak Naval Station,
have been engaged in dropping
500-pound bombs on mainland
Alaskans rivers to relieve flood
conditions caused by ice jams.
For the third time in a week, a
Neptune bomber, attached to Pa
trol Squadron One here at Kodiak,
flew two missions last Sunday,
May 27th, to drop bombs on an ice
jam about five miles downstream
from Tuluksak on the Kuskokwim
River.
Tuluksak, located approximately
400 miles northwest of Kodiak, had
been evacuated and was complete
ly inundated by several feet of wa
ter backed up by the packed ice.
Several houses had collapsed and
were floating downstream toward
the ice jam.
A total of 16 bombs were
dropped on the ice pack from an
aircraft piloted on two separate
flights by Lieutenant Donald R.
Brown of Denver, Colorado, and
Lieutenant Donald T. Jacobson of
Sheridan, Wyoming. The bomber
carried a crew of seven for the
flights.
The mission was accomplished—
upon impact of the bombs, the ice
broke up and moved downstream.
Flooding was reduced in the gen
eral area. No other calls for assis
tance have been received at this
time.
Earlier last week, two similar
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June 20, 1962
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Womens Bay, Kodiak,
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flights were undertaken by Patrol
Squadron One. At that time, a to
tal of 11 bombs were released on
ice jams about four miles upstream
from Galena on the Yukon River.
The ice, on that occasion, is re
ported to have gone out by itself.
This is but one of the many in
stances in which the U.S. Navy at
Kodiak has rendered assistance to
townsites along rampaging Alas
kan rivers.
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Kodiak Airways
Certification
Bill Introduced
A bill was introduced in the Sen
ate this week to provide for the is
suance of a certificate of public
convenience and necessity to Ko
diak Airways, Inc.
“The effect of this measure
would grant eligibility for perma
nent certification by the Civil
Aeronautics Board to an air car
rier which has been operating in
Alaska for a number of years,” said
Senator Bob Bartlett who intro
duced the measure for himself and
Senator Ernest Gruening.
Kodiak Airways covers three
routes in and about Kodiak and
Afognak Islands making stops on
one route at Shearwater, Old Har
bor, Kaguyak, Lazy Bay-Alitak and
Moser Bay and Olga Bay; second,
Port Bailey, Terror Bay, San Juan,
West Point-Village Isle, Uyak, Kar
luk, Larsen Bay, Parks and Zachar
Bay, and third route, Ouzinkie,
Afognak, Port Wakefield-Port Vita
Iron Creek, Kitoi Bay and Port
Williams.
The bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Commerce.
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