south Atlantic loss
 

Hello,
Am seeking the ship that was lost in the South Atlantic around the 8 or 9 the of November 1942. Most likely some kind of troop carrier on the way to Africa ?
Thanks
Alex

Re: south Atlantic loss
 

Alex,
Looking at:
https://www.battleships-cruisers.co....avy_losses.htm
leads to:
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2402.html
Does SS Cerinthus fit the bill?
Andy

Re: south Atlantic loss
 

Lots of cargo ships lost those two days but I can see no troop ships unless off Casablanca. Cerinthus was a tanker and lost 10 November 1942

Re: south Atlantic loss
 

A long list here, we may need more information to zero in on any one ship:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._November_1942

Re: south Atlantic loss
 

All that I have is that three possibly four USAirmen were lost in the Atlantic between the 8th and 9th of November, 1942. I thought that they may have been on a transport ship or such.
Maybe they were in an aircraft that went down although I cannot find any that fit .
Thanks for the help and links
Alex

Re: south Atlantic loss
 

Hello,

Might be worth further investigation:

C-47-DL 41-18355 (MSN 4393)

41-18355 27May42.
Patterson.
BOLERO 05Aug42.
8 AF 16Aug42.
17 TCS.
Ditched 08Nov42 off coast of Spain (FP - Fuel problems).

See:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 The First Seventy Years. Volume 2.
Gradidge,Jennifer.
Tonbridge:Air-Britain (Historians),2006.
p.427.

Col.

Re: south Atlantic loss
 

Thanks Col, I will try to find out about that a/c.