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27th January 2020, 13:13
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First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
Hello all
On 2nd. of July 1944. B17 G-35-BO (42-32103) crashed into Adriatic "aprox" 10 miles SSW from Dubrovnik (Croatia). One crew member got killed and others (9) were rescued by Catalina from flight B - first emergency rescue squadron. They took of at 14:10, landed at sea at 15:10 and landed at base at 17:55. Fighter cover was 4 p-38. One crew member had a broken leg and surgical technician got into dinghy and put splint on broken leg and then crewmember got onboard. Crew members of Catalina was Mork, J.H Pilot, Ruckman, Thomas Co -pilot, Conlon, Redmond - Navigator, Craig, P.E. - flight surgeon, Birard, L. - engineer, Brown, D.C. - engineer, Pettle, Kenneth E. - Radio, Rhodes, E.C. - Radar. Do we know which Catalina (serial) was it and names of rescued crew ? report from NARA. as always thanks in advance Antun 
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27th January 2020, 13:33
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27th January 2020, 13:46
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Re: First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
Thanks Leendert,
It seems that we have the exact date and operations, however crew of Catalina is different ???
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27th January 2020, 14:50
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Re: First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
I find this very strange...
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27th January 2020, 15:05
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Re: First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
The old 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron site appears to be gone but most? of it can be found on the Wayback Machine. Take a look at the rescues for June 4 and July 2.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161014...rshistory.html You may have combined/confused some of the rescues.
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27th January 2020, 15:38
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Re: First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
Now I see, it was mix of pages from different operations.
Glad to have confirmed that. You are great as always. Antun
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27th January 2020, 16:35
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Re: First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
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Most likely the former, but I have no access to any record cards. Cheers Stig
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27th January 2020, 17:21
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Re: First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
Hi Stig, it was 44-33958 on the Adriatic. See post-war pic of this PBY. (Tactical No.958 on the nose was the last 3 digits of the serial, so probably that was recorded.)
Gabor Last edited by HGabor; 12th July 2021 at 16:34.
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27th January 2020, 17:29
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Re: First emergency rescue squadron 02nd. of July 1944 rescue
Thanks Gabor
Much appreciated!  Cheers Stig
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