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COOPER COMPOSITE SHOWN [REDACTED] WHO STATED PICTURE IS EXACT
LIKENESS OF RAYMOND SIDNEY RUSSELL. [REDACTED] AND RUSSELL WERE
FORMERLY [REDACTED] WITH FLYING TIGER AIRLINES BASED DENVER IN
FIFTIES.
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RUSSELL WAS NOT CONTINUOUSLY EMPLOYED BY FLYING TIGER
AIRLINES BUT DID FLY FOR THEM OFF AND ON UNTIL ABOUT SIXTYFOUR.
NOTE THAT [REDACTED] HAS NOT SEEN RUSSELL SINCE SIXTYFIVE BUT HAS
KEPT UP WITH HIM THROUGH CONTACTS WITH [REDACTED]
ACQUAINTANCES.
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[REDACTED] STATED RUSSELL HAD SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN AIRCRAFT TRAINING
WITH FLYING TIGER AND IS FORMER AIR FORCE PILOT WITH PARACHUTE
TRAINING. HE BELIEVES RUSSELL ENTIRELY CAPABLE OF HIJACKING. TO
BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE RUSSELL NOW SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, POSSIBLY
WORKING AS PILOT, GEOLOGIST OR PROSPECTOR.
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[REDACTED] SAID RUSSELL RETURNED TO UNITED STATES FROM AUSTRALIA
SHORLTY PRIOR TO NORJAK AND WAS IN SEATTLE ABOUT THE TIME OF
HIJACKING. WHILE IN SEATTLE HE STAYED IN HOME OF [REDACTED] WHO IS
[REDACTED] WITH ALASKAN
AIRLINES BASED IN SEATTLE. [REDACTED] HAS HEARD FROM [REDACTED] THAT