The Dare That Led to the First Hurricane Hunter

On the morning of July 27, 1943, U.S. Army Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Duckworth sat down to breakfast at Bryan Field near Galveston, Texas. Outside the wind howled as a category 2 hurricane bore down upon the coast. The storm had come as a complete surprise; as a precaution against U-boat attacks a radio blackout had been ordered for [...] The post The Dare That Led to the First Hurricane Hunter appeared first on Today I Found Out .