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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 24, 2013 11:29:22 GMT 12
On This Day 70 years Ago... 24th of July 1943 - Trevor Ganley, from Kaipaki, Cambridge, was the only survivor of a Lockheed Hudson crash into the sea after his crew mates were strafed in the water by the Zero fighters that had shot them down. Wounded and alone he made it to an island and endured 37 days of hardship before he finally got back to his base. An incredible story of survival and tragedy. Read more on his page here: www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/Trevor%20Ganley.htm |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jul 24, 2013 14:43:54 GMT 12
An amazing story, thanks for that Dave, it was a very interesting read.
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Post by McFly on Jul 24, 2013 16:39:04 GMT 12
Negative Number: MUS090131 Caption: New Zealand Air Gunners and Wireless Operators at a School near Calgary, Canada. L-R: Back; Shaw, Silva, Etheridge, Robertson, Turner, Greenwood, Hammond, Rowse. 4th row; Clotworthy, Cull, Rowley, Burton, Grigg, Ganley, Moynahan, Anson Ash, Blatlock, ... Further Information: Hicknott, Brewer, Jensen. 3rd row; Williams, Workman, Ruffles, Slatter, Bodley, Smith Steer, Baker, Thompson, Noble, Owen, Price, Roberts, William. 2nd row; Boswell, Enright, Hammond, Marks, Poynton, Hoskins, Cox, thorburn, Hutchinson, Clotworthy, Corenson, Kelly, Marston, Medcalfe. Front; Mark, Sheehan, Franklin, Morris, Mathews, Ohlsen, Heffernan, Flight Sergeant McCullum, Flavell, Turner, Collins, Wroblenski, Horgan, Taurimu, Harris. Year of Image: 1942 Image Date Information: 4 February 1942  (Air Force Museum Official) |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 24, 2013 18:18:38 GMT 12
Thanks Marty!
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Post by clint on Aug 30, 2016 16:02:32 GMT 12
An amazing story I have read several times and it always fascinates me, out of interest what happened to Ganley after this experience? Did he fly an further tours?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 31, 2016 13:54:15 GMT 12
I don't think he went back onto operations after returning to NZ, and he lived in Hamilton postwar. In the 1960's or 70's he led a fundraising effort through Lions (or was it Rotary) and they got a load of money together, and a team of volunteer builders, and they went up to the village where the locals had saved him and they built them a school.
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Post by sue03 on Aug 31, 2016 14:10:32 GMT 12
I was with No 3 Squadron in 1989 and I think Trevor visited the squadron while we were camped on Henderson Field for tropical training.
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