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(Photo courtesy of Rob Buswell)


The crew that was rescued by Major Gerard F. Wientjes and crew on 1 January 1945. (L to R)
Cohen (newsreel cameraman), Chris Strain, Ken Allison, Patrick Welsh, Pop Lansdowne, Jim Wallace, Murphy (armament officer), Walter S. Buswell, Jr. of East Orange, New Jersey and David Gunn.  In bed holding PH is Rupert Blackwood, in foreground is James Ingram.  William Smith the other member of "The Borneo Kids" was not present. Read the story as told by one of the rescued men, 2Lt David J. Gunn.

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