Long range flight with rear engine only

[KyleTownsend]

I don't know if this is a true story, or a tall tale, but it was presented as a true story:

A fellow was ferrying a skymaster back from Europe on the North Atlantic route. He feathered the front engine and was cruising only on the rear.

There was a low overcast over the atlantic, and he was flying very low to stay under it.

As he was approaching Greenland (I think), he felt a huge shudder through the whole airframe and heard a loud noise. But he could see nothing wrong. He continued on and landed.

Upon inspecting the airplane after landing, he found that the tip of one blade on the front prop had been bent backwards.

Pilots in the area advised him that he probably clipped a large ice ridge that had developed some distance south of their location.

Talk about close calls!