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 06 DECEMBER 1944 - First Lieutenant
Larry E. Bormann, pilot of
"Playmate Two One", departed
Morotai at 0500 with orders to cover strikes on Negros. On the way, he
landed at Dipolog and left mechanics and spare parts for the repair of a
rescue plane forced to remain there overnight when a tire blew out on
landing, 5 December 1944. Lieutenant Bormann proceeded toward the target but
at 1145, his escort led him back to Dipolog to pick up
Sergeant Edward A. Johnson, of the Second Emergency, who sustained a
broken leg
while attempting to change the tire of the disabled PBY. The Flight Surgeon splinted the
leg, took him aboard and made him comfortable. Four survivors were also picked up at
Dipolog: Lieutenant Lelew Jr., 30th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, who had been shot
down over Mindanao, 01 November 1944. Lieutenant Richard Cook, who had escaped from a Jap
POW ship when it was torpedoed off Sindanga Straight, 7 September 1944. Lieutenant Cook
had been a prisoner of the 101st Division, and Florentino Baguin, Judge of the Civil Court
of the Philippines. All men were in fairly good shape and were landed at Morotai at 1710.
Sgt Johnson was taken to the 155th Station Hospital.
Rescued crewmembers: Lieutenant Lelew Jr., 30th Fighter Squadron, 8th
Fighter Group, Lieutenant Richard Cook, Florentino Baguin
AIRCRAFT
TYPE:
OA-10A*
USAAF
SERNO:
44-33874
(CV-324)**
CALLSIGN:
"Playmate
Two One"
CREW:
(Pilot)
1Lt Larry
E. Bormann, (CP) 2Lt Warner A. Britton, (N) 1Lt Peter Y. "PBY" Taylor, (E)
T/Sgt Donald W. Brown, (R) Cpl Sisco, (V) John T. Smith Jr., (ST) Pfc Walter
J. Shorette
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*
Aircraft produced at Canadian Vickers Ldt, Cartierville, Quebec, Canada
** Canadian Vickers contract number that was unique to
each
aircraft produced by at the Cartierville, Quebec plant
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