Lacking sufficient fuel to proceed to another airstrip , Powers ditched the aircraft in a river near Paramaribo .
9 November 1943 : Lieutenant John W. Powers returned from investigating a possible submarine contact at night to find Atkinson Field closed with rain and fog .
Lacking sufficient fuel to proceed to another airstrip , Lieutenant ditched the aircraft in a river near Paramaribo .
9 November 1943 : Lieutenant John W. Powers returned from investigating a possible submarine contact at night to find Atkinson Field closed with rain and fog .