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Topic: PT 109 What was left after the crash? |
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Feb 23, 2012 - 12:19pm
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"James" may have seen what was left of the 117 (the forepart?), or another PT, up on the beach at Rendova.
No way would it have been the 109, or even part of it.
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CJ Willis
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Posted on: Feb 23, 2012 - 3:21pm
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I was at Rendova the first time about Nov 2nd 1943 aboard the 235 enroute to Vella La Vella from Tulagi. We stayed overnight and watched an air raid on Munda air field across the bay. No bombs were dropped on us however. The remains of the PT Boats were on the beach there close to the dock where we tied up. I was aboard 242 at Rendova for about a month in January and February 1944 while half of our crew went on operational leave to New Zealand. (My name was not drawn out of the hat). My half of the crew stayed with the boat and scrapped and repainted the bottom also mounted two additional twin 50's on the bow of 242 for more gun to fight barges. The boat remains were there then also.
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