Crashed J2F found in Greenland

This is aviation history, the story of these 3 guys and the efforts made to find them is worth 20 “Burma Spitfire” threads. A truly fascinating episode, with closure at last.

Mick.

Indeed HM Gov take note:

“The three men aboard this aircraft were heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country,” Commander Blow said in a statement announcing the finding. “The story of the Grumman Duck reflects the history and the mission of the Coast Guard, and by finding the aircraft we have begun to repay our country’s debt to them.”

Commander Blow said that recovering Lieutenant Pritchard and Petty Officer Bottoms would mean that all of the Coast Guard’s missing members from all wars would be accounted for.

The Coast Guard said the plane is to be dug up and the men’s remains repatriated.

“It would bring closure” if the men’s bodies were returned, Ms. Morgan said. “I hope it all happens.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/us/world-war-ii-plane-that-crashed-in-greenland-in-1942-is-found.html?_r=0

I think our Govt. and MOD,should be given this article to read,and digest…especially chapters 6 and 10…

regards
jack…

Fascinating, thanks for sharing it.

The rest of the B-17 crew were rescued five months later.

5 Months???