Lonesome Polecat 2

The people at b24.net have been back in contact and they are certain that the downed airman That Cor Ellen saw was radio operator S/Sgt Eugene Francis Darter from B-17F 42-30255 QW-V 'Lonesome Polecat II' of 412th BS, 95th BG which was lost on 16th December 1943.

8 of the crew managed to bail out, before this ship went into sea with both
pilots. However, S/Sgt Darter being one of the first, landed into the
Wadden.

His injury's were supposed to be so bad he could get out of his parachute. I'm not sure who's who in the photo but ill keep updating as I find out more.

As an update I found Gone with the Wind by Micheal I Darter looking for Cor's arbitrary. It seems really beautifully written and researched.

"In the sea, there's no such thing as a little bit of rubbish."
- Surfrider Foundation Campaign



After a meeting with Steve Boulton an Investigative documentary make who has produces shows for Panorama and Channel 4 amongst others. We discussed putting an environmental slant on the film and how it could make it more marketable to distributes. I'm convinced as a film maker that the human angle is the most effective way of telling the story but this is something we are willing to consider.

These Photos have come via Notcot, via Funbiz so a pretty sloppy bit of blogging. I love under water photography. Tijmen is diver but I don't think budget will stretch let alone the insurance.

They perform mainly with jellyfish
I was researching the Strandvonder (coast gaurd) and discovered this story

I translated it with google so it's ropey at best;

On the beach at Huisduinen is Monday morning found a dead turtle. It is a known leatherback turtle, which normally does not come for the waters around the Netherlands.

It is a big boy, the turtle is about five feet long. The footbridge Cees Helder beach Bontes is intended that the body goes into Ecomare on Texel. ,, There they decompose and then the animal exhibit.''

The tortoise at the back is affected, it is possible the animal hit by the propeller of a ship. Biologist Piere Bonnet of Ecomare suspect the animal is about fifteen years old. The turtle is he no longer than one weeks or two, three dead.

Leatherback turtles are named for their "clothing", which does not consist of a normal shield but a kind of leather covering. They perform mainly with jellyfish.