Digest>December 1998
Photo By:
Courtesy of the Hull Life Saving Museum.
Photo Caption:
William Wincapaw, born in Friendship, Maine, started the tradition of the Flying Santa. He was a legend in his own time, his life could read like a novel. He is credited with saving drowning children, rescuing stranded fishermen, flying medicine and supplies to remote locations, surviving plane crashes, meeting Charles Lindberg and flying gold over the mountains of Bolivia. Back to the edition of: December 1998
Story:
Santa of the Lighthouses
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