Re: Panther V Mig Redux

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>]

>Cookie,

>  The major problem appears to have been one of them either crashed or 
> bailed out in sight of a destroyer which waited before it went to rescue 
> the pilot. He was alleged to have frozen to death in the cold water and 
> there was some worry of recrimanation and deliberate loss of life, which 
> could not be substaniated. <<

Survival time in the northern Sea of Japan in November is only a few 
minutes unless one is wearing a survival suit.  Even then,  it is not much 
longer so "crashing or bailing out in sight of a destroyer" wouldn't help 
much unless the destroyer was within a very short distance from the crash 
or parachute landing site.

Ed

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