 17 APRIL 1945 - On 17 April 1945 our airplane C-47B,
43-47995 took off from
Biak at 2030, destination Morotai. Due to malfunction of the radio and adverse
weather conditions the pilot attempted to return to Biak. Lack of fuel necessitated
ditching, time: 0430, 18 April 1945; location: 0°37'N 137°30'E, 133 miles northeast of
Biak. All personnel boarded life rafts, and were picked up at 2130, 18 April 1945 by
hospital ship Maetsuycker, with no casualties. The ship proceeded on its course to
Manila, arriving there
24 April 1945. All men were returned to Morotai via our own aircraft on 28 April 1945. Read the story as told by Second Lieutenant
Warner Britton.(Read 13th Emergency Rescue Group report) Personnel involved were: 1Lt Robert L. Rohlfing, 2Lt James E. Beavers, 2Lt Warner A. Britton, 2Lt Arthur G. Carothers, Jr., 2Lt William J. LaBonte, 2Lt Donald F. McKeon, 2Lt Henry M. Wollum, 2Lt Levern M. Mellstrom, Sgt Onis W. Brim, Sgt Maurice Greenfogel, Cpl Ernest Ludwig, Cpl Joseph M. Quinn AIRCRAFT: C-47B 43-47995 CALLSIGN: Unknown CREW: (P) 1Lt Robert L. Rohlfing, (CP) 2Lt Warner A. Britton  [Back][Next] 1 |
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