Sugar House Bulletin | 1941-10-31 | Page 8 | Hess' Plane Equipped with U. S. Parts, Claim |

Type	issue
Date	1941-10-31
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Hess' Plane Equipped with U. S. Parts, Claim
Type	article
Date	1941-10-31
Paper	Sugar House Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	8
OCR Text	Show Hess' Plane Equipped With U. S. Parts, Claim BURBANK, CALIF. American-.made American-.made products were part of the equipment of the Messerschmidt 110 plane which Rudolph Hess, former Nazi leader, used on his historic flight from Germany to the British isles, Donald Dunning said upon his return home after 15 months in England. Eng-land. Dunning served as maintenance instructor to Royal Air force members mem-bers assigned to Lockheed bombers sent from this country. He said he examined Hess' plane and was amazed to find that the tires bore the stamp of a United States manufacturer. "The fuel tank called for 100 octane, oc-tane, an American designation, and a popular United States brand of aviation oil was specified above the intake valve," said Dunning. "The tires were new, live rubber, too." Dunning said he spent 13 of his 15 months abroad on heavy duty at British airdromes.
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