STRANDED IN THE SKY: The Untold Story of Pan Am Luxury Airliners Trapped on the Day of Infamy

In the first week of December 1941, four Pan American Airways System flying clippers took off from the North American West Coast, loaded with wealthy and affluent passengers on their way to exotic destinations. Within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor, all of their refueling stops were bombed as well. The Pan Am crews and passengers had to do the best to survive--if they could. Illus.