The crew
that was rescued by Captain
Gerard F. Wientjes and crew on
1 January
1945. (L to R)
Cohen (newsreel
cameraman), Chris Strain, Ken Allison, Patrick
Welsh, Pop Lansdowne, Jim Wallace, Murphy (armament
officer), Walter S. Buswell, Jr. of East Orange, New Jersey and David
Gunn. In bed holding PH is Rupert Blackwood, in foreground is James
Ingram. William Smith the other member of "The Borneo Kids" was not
present. Read the story as told by one of the
rescued men,
2Lt David J. Gunn
(Courtesy Rob Buswell) |