Rescued at sea – Downed Catalina crew survives the brutal North Sea

Flown by Paul Mulcahy and Derek Head, the Catalina Society/Plane Sailing’s PBY-5A Catalina G-PBYA “Miss Pickup” flies toward the North Sea from Duxford, England.(Photo by John Dibbs/Facebook.com/theplanepicture)

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In the cold, crisp spring air at 18,000 feet on March 30, 1945, First Lt. Dan Meyers suddenly found himself flying in a cloud, in an otherwise blue and completely cloudless sky. The mysterious fog was generated by the engine failure of his P-51D Mustang 44-72328. With the shore of Northern Germany behind, and the Frisian Islands beneath his port wing, Meyers was forced to bail out and take his chances with the uninviting mass...

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