Physique portrait of an accomplished man. Roquemore had an interesting life as a bodybuilder, award winning skydiver and then as a pilot of relief aircraft in the South Pacfic isles and as an aerial inspector of oil pipelines in the States. -Rj
I had no idea! Is he the man whose plane ditched in the Pacific, and all on board were eventually found and saved? https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2012/january/rescue-guam-patrol
Yes, Roquemore was a missionary pilot of relief supplies. A more detailed story of his life as a pilot can be found at wordpress Captain’s Log 24 Nov 2013 My Friend Jerry Roquemore. :) -Rj
Physique portrait of an accomplished man.
ReplyDeleteRoquemore had an interesting life as a bodybuilder, award winning skydiver and then as a pilot of relief aircraft in the South Pacfic isles and as an aerial inspector of oil pipelines in the States.
-Rj
I had no idea! Is he the man whose plane ditched in the Pacific, and all on board were eventually found and saved? https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2012/january/rescue-guam-patrol
DeleteYes, Roquemore was a missionary pilot of relief supplies.
DeleteA more detailed story of his life as a pilot can be found at wordpress Captain’s Log 24 Nov 2013 My Friend Jerry Roquemore. :)
-Rj
Thanks, Rj, I will look the 2013 story up.
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