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. >>> let's take you to plymouth now and we can speak to the photographer, paul conroy, a good friend of james foley. he worked with him in places like syria and other areas of conflict. paul, thank you very much for joining us here on "gmt." i'm sorry for your loss. when was the last time you saw jim? >> obviously i would like to pass on my condolences to family and friends. last time i saw jim was in benghazi when gadhafi's troops were up and down the road to benghazi. and james was there. he was committed and brave. but that was the last time i saw him in libya. >> he's been kidnapped before this time. and you were contacted then i understand to try and help in the search for him. and what sort of information were you able to give to the fbi? how were you able to help? >> well, i mean, because i spent a prolonged time in city myself, when i was injured and i had a good network of connections on the ground in syria. so really it was a case of contacting anyone and everyone we could to, you know, just to put the word out, that james was missing. and to keep -- to keep the people look
. >>> let's take you to plymouth now and we can speak to the photographer, paul conroy, a good friend of james foley. he worked with him in places like syria and other areas of conflict. paul, thank you very much for joining us here on "gmt." i'm sorry for your loss. when was the last time you saw jim? >> obviously i would like to pass on my condolences to family and friends. last time i saw jim was in benghazi when gadhafi's troops were up and down the road to...
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was my roommate who arrived in india around the first of april and he was in another young man, paul conroy flew a couple of missions before. jacob was the last airplane out of there. i think most of you heard that they loaded 71 passengers on there. when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for the doolittle. >> was he with the 14th or not? >> do you know? we'll get back with you. >> can i ask another question. what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? >> i'm sorry. i don't know. i know it was very high. >> okay. thank you. >> i do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over the hump. at one point it was more dangerous to fly the hump than it was a round trip out of berlin to england. >> well they are flying c 47s in planes that won't go as high as the mountains with the world's worst weather with no good weather reporting stations. very few navigation aids and
was my roommate who arrived in india around the first of april and he was in another young man, paul conroy flew a couple of missions before. jacob was the last airplane out of there. i think most of you heard that they loaded 71 passengers on there. when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for...
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was my roommate who arrived in india around the first of april and he was in another young man, paul conroy flew a couple of missions before. jacob was the last airplane out of there. i think most of you heard that they loaded 71 passengers on there. when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for the doolittle. >> was he with the 14th or not? >> do you know? we'll get back with you. >> can i ask another question. what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? >> i'm sorry. i don't know. i know it was very high. >> okay. thank you. >> i do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over the hump. at one point it was more dangerous to fly the hump than it was a round trip out of berlin to england. >> well they are flying c 47s in planes that won't go as high as the mountains with the world's worst weather with no good weather reporting stations. very few navigation aids and
was my roommate who arrived in india around the first of april and he was in another young man, paul conroy flew a couple of missions before. jacob was the last airplane out of there. i think most of you heard that they loaded 71 passengers on there. when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for...
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and he was --2 and another you man, paul conroy, flew a couple of missions before.also, jake sarts was the last airplane out of rangoon that i think most of you heard about that they're loaded on 31 or 71 passengers. and when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. okay. the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert old in early april of 1942. and you know what they carried? they carried fuel to china for the doolittle raiders. they ended up not needing it. >> what air force -- was he with the 14th or not? >> do you know? we'll get back with you. >> can i ask another question? what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? >> i'm sorry. i don't know. i know it was very high. >> yes. >> i do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over the hump. at one point, it was more dangerous to fly the hump than it was a round trip to berlin and back out of england. well, they're flying c-47s and planes that won't go as high as the mountains and the world's worst weather with no good weather rep
and he was --2 and another you man, paul conroy, flew a couple of missions before.also, jake sarts was the last airplane out of rangoon that i think most of you heard about that they're loaded on 31 or 71 passengers. and when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. okay. the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert old in early april of 1942. and you know what they carried? they carried fuel to china for the doolittle raiders. they ended up not...
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was my roommate who arrived in india around the first of april and he was in another young man, paul conroy flew a couple of missions before. jacob was the last airplane out of there. i think most of you heard that they loaded 71 passengers on there. when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for the doolittle. >> was he with the 14th or not? >> do you know? we'll get back with you. >> can i ask another question. what was the casualty rate of the pilots that flew the hump? >> i'm sorry. i don't know. i know it was very high. >> okay. thank you. >> i do think that i saw a figure of about 600 aircraft and crews went down over the hump. at one point it was more dangerous to fly the hump than it was a round trip out of berlin to england. >> well they are flying c 47s in planes that won't go as high as the mountains with the world's worst weather with no good weather reporting stations. very few navigation aids and
was my roommate who arrived in india around the first of april and he was in another young man, paul conroy flew a couple of missions before. jacob was the last airplane out of there. i think most of you heard that they loaded 71 passengers on there. when they arrived in india, there were 72. >> it wasn't magic. it was a baby. >> the first hump flight incidentally was flown by robert oolde in early april of 1942. do you know what they carried? >> they carried fuel to china for...