Fascinating to me because my father served on ML194 during WW2. After convoy escort duties, support for the Dieppe raid, support for the practice and actual D-Day landings, the vessel then sailed for the Far East via Suez, and eventually arrived in Singapore in time to observe the surrender of the Japanese navy. My dad believed that ML194 was abandoned somewhere in the Far East.
@@anthonywright774 Hi Anthony. My father wrote up a lot of his war memoirs before he died in 1999. From what I remember, he said that ML194 was abandoned and probably ended its days as a decaying hulk in a creek somewhere in the Far East. With wooden hulls, the Fairmile B needed proper painting or would rot. I will check my dad's papers again and see if there are any more details,
My Dad was recused by a boat like this. Shot down into the North Sea west of Holland. Crew member was Patrick Throughton a famous Actor Dr. Who. British Air-Rescue boat 514. Henningsen Crew ditched 42-107229 / Rowdy Rebel B-17G AUG 25 1944. Bomb Group: 447th Bomb Group Bomb Squadron: 710th Bomb Squadron
Absolutely gorgeous lines...beautiful looking vessels.
It's so good to see these small boats from that time being preserved, along with the memory of those who built them and served in them.
Very good presentation
Really interesting project
Fascinating to me because my father served on ML194 during WW2. After convoy escort duties, support for the Dieppe raid, support for the practice and actual D-Day landings, the vessel then sailed for the Far East via Suez, and eventually arrived in Singapore in time to observe the surrender of the Japanese navy. My dad believed that ML194 was abandoned somewhere in the Far East.
@@anthonywright774 Hi Anthony. My father wrote up a lot of his war memoirs before he died in 1999. From what I remember, he said that ML194 was abandoned and probably ended its days as a decaying hulk in a creek somewhere in the Far East. With wooden hulls, the Fairmile B needed proper painting or would rot. I will check my dad's papers again and see if there are any more details,
My Dad was recused by a boat like this. Shot down into the North Sea west of Holland. Crew member was Patrick Throughton a famous Actor
Dr. Who. British Air-Rescue boat 514.
Henningsen Crew ditched
42-107229 / Rowdy Rebel B-17G
AUG 25 1944.
Bomb Group:
447th Bomb Group
Bomb Squadron:
710th Bomb Squadron