Samoan Clipper was one of ten Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-42 flying boats .

During the Second World War Hostile_encounter , Operation Clipper was an Allied offensive Hostile_encounter by the British XXX Corps ( which included Cause_to_be_included the American 84th Infantry Division ) to reduce Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Geilenkirchen salient in mid-November 1944 .

`` Clipper '' was the preliminary to a wider Allied operation , Operation Queen , to gain Getting control Control of the Roer valley and the Hürtgen Forest .

The 1938 New England Hurricane Catastrophe ( also referred to as the Great New England Hurricane Catastrophe , Long Island Express , and Yankee Clipper ) was one of the deadliest and most destructive Destroying tropical cyclones Catastrophe to strike Destroying Long Island , New York , and New England .