Dear Members, I found on Aero-News.net an article of an airplane named PBY-5A Catalina. The plane was found off the coast from Quebec Canada,the plane sank in 1942. I couldn't find the squadron he belongs to,maybe any of you can help with to find his squadron. You may your messages send to my e-mail adress you can found him below this letter. Thank you very much for your support. With friendly greetings, Mr.Abe v.d.Bijl, The Netherlands, a.vdbijl2@chello.nl
Welcome Mentos, Someone on the forum may be able to answer your question or give you a lead of where else to look. Good name "Mentos". Do you like them or are you employed by Perfetti/Van Melle? I used to work for the distributor of Mentos in Australia. Cheer Geoff
At 1650, a Consolidated OA-10 (43-3266) attempting a take-off crashed into Lake Erie at Long Point, Mingan, Ontario, Canada, killing five crewmembers. Two crewmembers were injured and two crewmembers escaped injury. The airplane took off from Presque Isle, Maine, on a personnel transport mission to Long Point, Ontario, and return. These wee the occupants of the Aircraft. Killed in the crash were: Lt.Col. Harry J. Zimmerman, pilot; Sgt. Charles O. Richardson, engineer; Pvt. Erwin G. Austin, asst. engineer; Pvt. Peter P. Couzine, asst. radio operator; Capt. Carney Lee Dowlen, passenger. Passengers Capt. J.B. Holmberg and radio operator Pvt. James E. Click received minor injuries. Co-pilot SSgt. Bernard R. Peterson and gunner Cpl. Robert L. Ashley escaped injury. You may find some information here about the squadron = There is a reference to squadron VP-72 B-17s guide P-38s to Greenland, Iceland, and Scotland; C-47s and C-46s go it alone.
Some more her on the pilot.................... "As control officer, North Atlantic Wing, Air Forces Ferrying Command, Colonel Zimmerman was responsible for the movement through this wing of all aircraft equipment to foreign stations," the citation stated. "Colonel Zimmerman flew over the North Atlantic route in order to familiarize himself with the pioneering hazards incidental to this shipping lane."
Addenda Lt. Col. Harry J. "Jack" Zimmerman Introduction Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Inventory Introduction The papers of Lt. Col. H. J. "Jack" Zimmerman were donated to the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in 1996 by Mrs. Shirley Carroll of Fremont, Ohio. The Zimmerman material appears as an addenda to the Carroll Family Collection, donated earlier in 1996 by Mrs. Carroll. Biographical Sketch TWA pioneer and "Million Miler" H. J. "Jack" Zimmerman was born in Fremont, Ohio, on June 6, 1906, to local cutlery owner Harry L. Zimmerman and his wife. After attending Fremont schools, Culver Military Academy and Dartmouth College, Zimmerman entered U.S. Army Air Corps training in 1928. The following year, he piloted a Ford Tri-Motor in the first transcontinental air-rail service instituted by Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT), the predecessor of Transcontinental &Western Air, Inc. He logged more than 2 million miles and 15,000 flying hours during his career, mostly with TWA, before he was killed in a plane crash while serving as an Army Air Corps lieutenant colonel during World War II. Dubbed "Aviation's Gift to Women" as a young pilot, Zimmerman accomplished many feats during his career, including surviving a serious mail-plane crash at Allegheny County Airport at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1933 and flying the first scheduled plane into New York's LaGuardia Field in December 1939. He also piloted the plane that took J. Edgar Hoover and FBI agents to arrest kidnapper Alvin Karpis (a "Public Enemy No. 1") in 1936. In 1940, Zimmerman flew the last leg of the West-East inaugural record flight of the Stratoliner. He set a coast-to-coast speed record for transport planes and was chief pilot for TWA's Eastern and Atlantic division when he entered the service in April 1942. In the same year, the book Million Miler was written about his career. On Nov. 2, 1942, Zimmerman and a crew of eight men were involved in an airplane accident near Presque Isle, Maine, after the flying boat capsized in rough waters upon takeoff. The crew had completed the first leg of its flight and was making its return to base when the accident occurred. Zimmerman, control officer of the North Atlantic Division of the Ferry Command, was the highest ranking officer aboard. Another officer and three enlisted men were also reported missing following the wreck. Fremont was the site of a military tribute shortly after he was killed. He was survived by his parents, sister Mrs. L. K. Carroll of Fremont and his wife, the former Mary Jane Porter, to whom he was married in 1931. Scope and Content With the exception of several nineteenth century family photographs, the collection consists entirely of biographical material and the personal papers Lt. Col. H. J. "Jack" Zimmerman from 1928 to 1942. The papers reflect the extraordinary accomplishments of Zimmerman's aviation career. Inventory Ac. 5457 ½ linear ft. Box 1 1. Pilot Log Book, 1929-1935 2. Pilot Log Book, 1935-1940 3. Pilot Log Book and note cards from wallet 4. Address Book 5. New Testament 6. News clippings, letters, telegrams: 1933, plane crash, Pittsburgh, PA 7. News clippings, letters, telegrams: 1936, J. Edgar Hoover/Alvin Karpis 8. Speeches, ads, miscellaneous correspondence 9. News articles by Jack Zimmerman 10. Newspaper profiles of Zimmerman 11. News clippings, miscellaneous 12. Skyliner November 1942 (TWA newsletter) 13. Newspaper graphic of Jack Zimmerman 14. Photographs, Pilots and Aircrews 15. Photographs, Planes and aerial shots 16. Photographs, Personal 17. Photographs; Oberlin College 1893 Football Team, College Street (Oberlin, Ohio) 1891 boarders; portraits, Nellie Lee Zimmerman, Beulah B. Johnson Box 2 1.TWA charts, maps, and data 2.TWA weather report sheet 3. Weekly Notice to Airmen, Civil Aeronautics Administration, 1942 4. Log Log Duplex, 1939 5. TWA Airline Pilots' Association International Contract, 1941 Flight case and wallet transferred to the museum
