Wrong-Way Corrigan (Douglas Groce Corrigan) .
Born January 22, 1907 d. 1995 .
American aviator. He made a nonstop transatlantic flight from N.Y. to Ireland without a permit (1938), claiming he had intended to fly to Los Angeles, but had followed the wrong end of his compass. He had repeatedly applied for a permit for a transatlantic flight, but was rejected because his airplane was deemed not airworthy.