 | Looking for Missing PBY in Adak, Alaska....| Aviation Discuss Looking for Missing PBY in Adak, Alaska.... in the World War II - Aviation forums; One of my best friends found out his Uncle went missing in a PBY up and around Adak, Alaska, during ... |
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03-21-2006, 08:16 PM
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#1 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country:  | Looking for Missing PBY in Adak, Alaska....
One of my best friends found out his Uncle went missing in a PBY up and around Adak, Alaska, during the War... Info is kinda limited, and I have already exhausted all my leads....
Heres what I got....
His name is Drummond, an Officer in the US Navy... Not sure if he was a pilot.... PBY went missing Adak, never found... Not sure of the year or season... Possible (probability 40%) Winter 1944.... Supposedly there were 2 PBY's that went missing.... Not sure if same incident/year/squadron.....
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.... Im hoping RLeonard has something on this...
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03-21-2006, 08:21 PM
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#2 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | You know what squadron he was in? VP Navy might help... http://www.vpnavy.com/
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03-21-2006, 08:40 PM
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#3 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Looked there, dont know his squadron number either...
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03-21-2006, 09:32 PM
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#4 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | Do you know for sure he was Navy? The Army and the Coast Guard also flew PBYs. Here is one that closely matches what you are looking at:
Date of incident: 27 November 1943
Crash related deaths:
ENS Charles E. Johnson
Air Station the aircraft and/or crew were assigned to:
Commanding Officer of Unit 64, LORAN Monitoring Station, Adak, Alaska
Aircraft type and tail number:
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 08118 (U.S. Navy)
Location of the incident: Dutch Harbor, Alaska
Description of the incident: Ensign Johnson was on Flight Orders while engaged in running baselines for the then Top Secret LORAN navigation system. The PBY-5A being used for those tests was attempting to land at Dutch Harbor during poor weather conditions when the fatal crash occurred. After readying the aircraft for a water landing, the pilot proceeded to make a normal approach, but was unaware of the height of the ground swells on the bay. Immediately after contacting the water, the aircraft nosed into a ground swell and broke apart at the pilot's compartment. The wing broke off and the plane filled with water and sank. Two others died in the crash
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03-21-2006, 11:21 PM
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#5 | | Minister of Whoopass
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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Country: | Im pretty sure he was Navy... Ill have to check my facts with him and try to get alittle more specific... From what I can gather, his info is sketchy... His Uncles last name and duty station are all I know for fact...
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03-22-2006, 08:09 AM
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#6 | | Your ad here. ;)
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Country: | What caught my eye with that one is that it was a Coast Guard guy listed with 2 other un-named guys, but the plane was registered to the US Navy. That's all I can find so far.
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