NEW SIGHTS FOR THE 1059 INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL 



In 1().5 ( .) Douglas R5D "Skymaster" patrol aircraft replaced the B-17'2 used from 

 1946-1958. Also in 1959 experiments were conducted to bomb icebergs with high 

 temperature magnesium and thermite incendiary bombs. Here a Skymaster Patrol 

 Plane escorts a Coast Guard Albatross amphibian carrying a thermite bomb. Cape 

 Race, Newfoundland is shown in the distance. 



