Rescued by submarine - 1945

[Little Jo]

Hi Guys

I found this interesting story and thought I would share it with you. RESCUED BY SUBMARINE - 1945 - FILM FOUND 65 YEARS LATER. One heck of a story. To find the film after 65 years is amazing enough, but for the plane to crash right near the sub....heaven would have to have been looking out for those young men. Read the short note before viewing the clip.

IT'S AN AMAZING STORY and worth watching...An entire crew of a B-29 (12) was rescued by a US submarine after their plane was shot down in 1945,
70 miles off the coast of Japan. The entire rescue was filmed in colour, but sat in a guy's closet until now. This is a story from a Denver TV station of one of those rescued aviators to whom the video was delivered. It also shows their transfer to another submarine that is likely headed back to port before the one that accomplished the rescue. Can you imagine, 65 years AFTER your own rescue you get to watch it on film?

http://link.brightcove.com/services/...d=672454611001

Cheers

Tony

[motto]

The presence of the submarines was perhaps not quite as serendipitous as it may appear. Subs were stationed along the route the bombers were traveling on the way back to their bases for just such an eventuality as this and the aircraft navigators would have known their locations and radio call signs. The reason for two subs would be so as one could remain on station while the other went looking if necessary. Search and rescue aircraft were also on standby on the ground and some even airborne.
Quite apart from any humanitarian considerations the highly trained bomber crews represented a significant investment.

David

[Dianaa]

Not so unusual.

This is an image of Lt. JG G. Bush about to be rescued by submarine.


http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/un...ES/H058-01.jpg

Lt Bush was later to become President George HW Bush.

[Mike K]

When I was at High school, the school principle or headmaster, Frank Farmer , was a WW2 veteran . Monday morning at school assembly , he would sometimes say to us brainless brats " I've seen things you would not believe "

Anyway, years later I found a book in the op shop on the hell ships and the sinking of them and reading the book , I learn't that he was a POW and he was being shipped to Japan on a hell ship after working on the Thai-Burma railway . The ship was torpedoed by a US submarine and he spent days floating around in the South China sea before being rescued by another US submarine , he then made his way back to Aust.

He was one of the few 8th Div. guys who made it home before the war ended .

I can still see his ruddy red face and snowy white hair .

PS did a search and found this ..the power of the web is amazing

http://www.google.com.au/url?q=http:...HsMR1L6Ht17OzQ

Added: http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/3204458...on=NBD41550031

[Little Jo]

Hi David, Dianaa and Mike

Thanks for the extra stories and I am sure there are heaps more out there of WW2 rescues at sea. Mike,It is interesting you mentioned the Frank Farmer story and his rescue by the USS Pampanito. I remember about 10 years ago I visited San Francisco and the USS Pampanito was tied to the docks, she was open to the public so I had the opportunity to go through the submarine, I learned that the sub was being used in movies including "Down Periscope" starring Kelsey Gramer.

Cheers

Tony