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10 August 1944 Part 2

Summary

US Navy — Later account of an aircraft sighting a body attributed to the lost boat.

Location Details

Not specified

Diary Entry

10 August 1944 US Navy retrospective report of the search for PT 509

Editorial note: Retrospective statement; the contemporary report had not established the fate of PT 509.

An undated squadron historical excerpt records that an aircraft searching for PT 509 on 10 August sighted a body later identified as a member of her crew. [H page 27]

Source of Information 

US Navy. Undated historical excerpts, source set H; author and parent title not visible, page 27. Supplied compilation: Jersey Convoy Action 13 to 14 August 1944.docx. Set letters and page or screenshot numbers refer to that compilation.

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