by jameskrouse | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I posted a call for information on Jim White. Although I still don’t have any solid information on his background I did find an interesting report from the USS Owl. The Owl and Partridge were in a convoy that stopped in the Azores before...
by jameskrouse | Feb 26, 2009 | Normandy Invasion, Partridge, Photos, WWII
Admiral John Wilkes was the Commander of Landing Craft and Bases Europe (ComLanCrabEU) in 1943-44. This was the command that the Partridge operated under for most of its time in England. I have pasted a bit of information on him below. I have scant little...
by jameskrouse | Nov 14, 2008 | Normandy Invasion, Partridge, Photos, WWII
I wanted to post this photo of New York Harbor in the 1930s because it shows the area where Joe Cooney operated tugs and ferries before he served aboard the Partridge. It’s amazing the number of docks that line the island and how many ships are visible....
by jameskrouse | Nov 4, 2008 | German E-Boats, Normandy Invasion, Partridge, WWII |
I came across an interesting note in a book on Operation Mulberry that I thought might jog some memories. It was on broadcasts from Germany apparently taunting sailors and soldiers working on the Whale and Phoenix units weeks before D-Day. Lord Haw-Haw was the...
by jameskrouse | Oct 16, 2008 | Crew, German E-Boats, Minesweepers, Normandy Invasion, Partridge, Stories, WWII |
A few months ago I received a note from Katie regarding her grandfather: My grandfather Robert Ainslie was on the HMCS Prescott during WW2 and was one of the people that helped to rescue the men from the partridge. He is now 86. I called Robert a little while ago and...
