Air Commodore Jack Holmes – RIP

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By: D1566 - 26th March 2014 at 21:43

Remarkable, RIP.

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By: trumper - 26th March 2014 at 21:27

🙁 How sad ,8 brave souls died trying to save 8 brave souls. May they all R I P.

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By: David_Kavangh - 26th March 2014 at 21:16

Only one survived, sadly. From wiki

U-417’s anti-aircraft fire had been accurate. The B-17 ditched; all eight of the crew were forced to share a single dinghy. On 14 June, an American navy PBY Catalina attempted a landing but crashed. Its crew of nine found themselves adrift on two rafts. The B-17 crew were found and rescued by Jack Holmes in a British Catalina of 190 squadron on the same day of their ditching, but the Americans were not found for another five days. Only one man survived, the others died of exposure.

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By: trumper - 26th March 2014 at 17:58

R I P ,A quick question ,what happened to the crew of the crashed USA Catalina?

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By: stuart gowans - 26th March 2014 at 16:54

A brave man indeed.