Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, 88, died Dec. 9
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, 88, died Dec. 9 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, Calif. Corrigan always maintained that he took a wrong turn in 1938 when, refused a U.S. permit for a solo transatlantic flight, he left New York for California and ended up in Dublin 28 hours later.
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