The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle for Survival tells the story of pilot John Murray's 1962 life-saving "ditch" of an L-1049H Super Constellation in the North Atlantic ...

a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation was making its way west. The Military Air Transport Service (MATS) charter flight was operating under Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, and was headed to Saigon ...

On March 15, 1962, Capt. Gregory P. Thomas was flying a L-1049H Super Constellation for the Flying Tiger Line. The plane was chartered by the Military Air Transport Service to ferry his 96 ...

Tiger in the Sea: The Ditching of Flying Tiger 923 and the Desperate Struggle ... captain of a four engine Lockheed Super Constellation. The aircraft was transporting American military personnel ...

The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation Military Air Transport Service (MATS) charter flight was operating under Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (FTLF 739) and headed to Saigon when it disappeared.