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Re: 465th BG Saved Airmen
Hello,
To add to the confusion.
This is from the 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron diary.
24 August 1944:
Lieutenant Milburn and crew took-off from Foggia Main Italy at 1245 and proceeded to the given fix at 43012’N-14012’E. Here in a rough sea with heavy swells two survivors of a B-24 were sighted. Despite the rough sea an open-sea landing was accomplished, and with the aid of circling P-38’s and P-51’s the survivors were located and taken aboard. These two survivors, members of the 739th Bomb Squadron, 454th Bomb Group, bring the Squadron’s total of men rescued to 148. Riding the crest of a wave an excellent take-off was effected. The pilot mentions in the Sortie Report that by riding along the crest of a swell, floats up, a take-off can be effected in a much rougher sea than is normally expected.
Alex
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