| Caption | Elco 80-foot PT-523 alongside escort carrier USS Manila Bay returning downed pilot and aircrewman east of Leyte Gulf, 22 Oct 1944. Note the aircraft style National insignia on top of the chart house. ww2dbase | |||||||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via NavSource | |||||||||||||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-372892 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 22 Oct 1944 | |||||||||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Pacific Ocean | |||||||||||||||||
| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||||||||||||
| Added Date | 1 Sep 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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2. Melissa Fehrman says:
24 Feb 2022 04:51:33 PM
My Grandfather Donald "Budd" Long was a radioman/gunner and Ray Crandall was his pilot. My Grandfather is the man standing in the middle looking to his right and you can see his white undershirt. We have other pictures of this when they were brought back to the USS Manila Bay and you can see a bandage on the top of my grandfather's head in the other pictures we have. They were shot down by friendly fire. If I remember correctly my grandfather said they had their landing gear down to go slower to take reconnaissance pictures and our men on the ground thought they were the Japanese because their planes did not have retractable landing gear. My grandfather always said Ray Crandall was the best pilot there ever was.
24 Feb 2022 04:51:33 PM
My Grandfather Donald "Budd" Long was a radioman/gunner and Ray Crandall was his pilot. My Grandfather is the man standing in the middle looking to his right and you can see his white undershirt. We have other pictures of this when they were brought back to the USS Manila Bay and you can see a bandage on the top of my grandfather's head in the other pictures we have. They were shot down by friendly fire. If I remember correctly my grandfather said they had their landing gear down to go slower to take reconnaissance pictures and our men on the ground thought they were the Japanese because their planes did not have retractable landing gear. My grandfather always said Ray Crandall was the best pilot there ever was.
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7 Sep 2016 03:19:03 PM
Ensign Ray Crandall was a pilot with USS Manila Bay’s Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) who was flying TBM-1C Avenger BuNo 46434 over Leyte Gulf on 21 Oct 1944 when he was shot down by friendly fire.