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crash boat / seapalnes
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does anyone know of websites for crash boats? certainly there has to be something out there about these crsaft. any rons had crash boats in with them? or been apart of any seaplane bases? in the south pacific? any and all help is appreciated. thanks
kendall p. strehle
avr c-26654
Posted By: kendall strehle | Posted on: Dec 26, 2006 - 7:25am
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Kendall: Check the LINKS section at www.p-520crashboats.com
Will
Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: Dec 26, 2006 - 8:06am
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Ken,
Exactly what are you looking for? I have a lot of technical data on the crash boats but little operational material.
Al Ross
Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: Dec 26, 2006 - 11:22am
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My father was on a crash boat stationed in the Philapines.
I several pictures of the boat and some of the crew along with there names. Let me know how to send them to you.
Rgards:
DON
Posted By: lucy1971 | Posted on: Jan 15, 2008 - 7:20pm
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PT boat veteran Parker Miller served aboard Ron 1 PT 27 in the Aleutians.
I believe PT 27 was later converted at the Bremerton Shipyard into a crash boat that saw action in the South Pacific.
Parker and the crew of the boat participated in the Iwo Jima landings, where according to him they retrieved the bodies of dead Marines from the water and "stacked them like cordwood" on the deck of the former PT boat.
Posted By: DD | Posted on: Jan 16, 2008 - 1:05am
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Hey Ken,
Have you seen this site?
www.geocities.com/rms19612001/crashboatindex.html
Lots of photos and links.
Did you ever get a chance to e-mail me photos?
Thanks,
Glenn
ganderson@pppl.gov
Posted By: Glenn Anderson | Posted on: Jan 17, 2008 - 10:02am
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glenn
yes i have been to that site several times....problem is it deals with korea era boats. all p numbered....army boats. been in contact with them but no luck with ww2 era c numbered boats. will get those 2 pics to you shortly.
lucy ....my e-mail is kstrehle1@mchsi.com....contact me if you will about pictures maybe history of the boat you know about. thanks to all with the help on crashboats.
kendall p. strehle
avr c-26654
Posted By: kendall strehle | Posted on: Jan 17, 2008 - 11:58am
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