B-17 CC Additional Material by Robert M Stitt

Extract from Cle Lamb’s
logbook for July 25, 1944.
The times for the engine
shutdowns and ditching were
added from memory so the
local ditching time of 00:15
in the logbook and above text
does not match the 01:36
GMT (one hour ahead)
quoted in the 220 Sqn ORB.
The Form 1180 accident card
for FA707 quotes a ditching
time of 00:30 which is
assumed to be an estimated
local time. The red ‘x’ in the
left-hand column was Cle’s
notation for an operational
flight, his eighth in this case.
1949 and immediately joined Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPAir) as a pilot, finally retiring in 1982. He
held several positions in Flight Operations, ending as Director. During his commercial career he flew the
Canadair C-4, Convair 240, Douglas DC-3, DC-4, DC-6 and DC-8, Bristol Britannia and Boeing 737,
727 and 747.
End of ‘the perfect air sea
rescue.’The crew of FA707
‘Z’ are taken aboard the
Portuguese motor vessel
Lourenco Marques from
their airborne lifeboat.
Photograph taken from
Fortress II FA699 ‘K’ flown
by Flt Lt Frank Melener.
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