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Short Snorter Banknote with Lee Davenport, an American Physicist Who Played an Important Part of the

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Short Snorter Banknote with Lee Davenport, an American Physicist Who Played an Important Part of the
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Short Snorter on Banco de Portugal banknote, 1937, 20 Escudos. Handwriting is dated Nov. 2nd, 1943 through Nov. 6th, 1943 and chronicles the 8,000+ mile trip from Foynes, Ireland to New York City with stops in Lisbon, Dakar, Natal, Belem, Port of Spain, San Juan, and Bermuda. This trip accounted for approximately 60 hours and 35 minutes flying time, all taken on Pan American Airlines and British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C) planes. All travel details are handwritten on the back, while the front and back both have signatures, over 30 total. Lee L. Davenport (December 31, 1915 - September 30, 2011) was an American physicist. He was a member of the MIT Radiation Laboratory during World War II. As a research fellow at the Radiation Laboratory in charge of SCR-584 development from 1941 through the end of World War II, Davenport worked with General Electric, Westinghouse and Bell Laboratories to produce more than 3,000 SCR-584 radar sets for the war effort. Interestingly, Davenport was in England two months before D-Day to waterproof the radar trailers that were to be put ashore on Normandy Beach during the invasion. He was one of the few people who knew the date of the planned D-Day invasion. Interesting and unique piece.