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Arthur James Williams

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In 1938, he registered British Guiana Airways Limited. Also known as B.G. Airways, Williams was contracted by the government doing mail delivery and survey work. During World War II volunteered for service, performing anti-submarine patrols until he was called up for military service as Major in the
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On April 1, 1942, Major Williams, accompanied by Thomas Persaud, flew into the Orinoco Delta and rescued 20 men from a US Army plane which had lost its way, and had crash-landed on the Venezuelan Coast. In May 1943, when a US C54, which was carrying headquarters staff to China with gold bullion,
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The Art Williams & Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School in Guyana was named for Williams in 1993.
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amphibian biplane, (regn. NC183M), powered by a 450 hp (340 kW)
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The Art Williams & Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School
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Art Williams arrived in British Guiana in August 1934 piloting an
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Arthur James Williams (politician)
Guyana
Guyana
British Guiana
Ireland N-2C Neptune
Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
radial engine
Demerara River
Atkinson Field
Jupiter, Florida
"Aerial Reconnaissance along the Kaieteurian Escarpment in British Guiana"
doi
10.2307/1786258
ISSN
0016-7398



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