Once WW-II started the clippers were contracted by the Navy

Once WW-II started the clippers were contracted by the Navy but maintained their "civilian" status so that they could continue to fly into neutral ports, which also meant "secret missions" for Allied spies out to defeat Axis spies. Among the "China Clipper" exploits during the war was to fly shipments out of Africa with the uranium needed for the highly top secret "Manhattan Project"- the Atomic Bomb project at Los Alamos which ultimately was used to produce and abruptly end World War II at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Pan Am Martin M-130 Era Once WW-II started the clippers were contracted by the Navy but maintained their "civilian" status so that they could continue to fly into neutral ports, which also meant "secret missions" for Allied spies out to defeat Axis spies. Among the "China Clipper" exploits during the war was to fly shipments out of Africa with the uranium needed for the highly top secret "Manhattan Project"- the Atomic Bomb project at Los Alamos which ultimately was used to produce and abruptly end World War II at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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