W6ODD/CR8 1948 Damao, Diu Island

This is the appearance of the 3rd W6ODD/CR8 known to exist! This card came through the bureau and says "Pse QSL".

There was only one operation from this rare entity. It was Bill Hunton, W6ODD, on August 2nd, 1948. Mr. Hunton only made 55 contacts. Bill is now a SK.

A W6ODD/CR8 card was sent to W1FH. That card is now at ARRL HQ in Newington with the W1FH collection. K8CX owns one from the W6VFR, W6FR collection. W6YA sent a scan for HamGallery from the W6ITA, W6RR collection. A 4th is listed on the F6AJA QSL Collection website. If anyone else has one, please send me the scan for this site. Im sure most have been destroyed when the owners became SK. There may be a few more around. Please let me know! K8CX

It's worth mentioning that Gordon, W6ITA, flew over 30 WWII missions in his B-24 over Italy and Romania. He brought his entire crew home, unscathed. He later built a very successful company, Marshall Industries, which he sold to Avnet when he retired and made a large donation to the USC School of Business, which was then named the USC Marshall School of Business.

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