The most remarkable Arctic rescue of World War II involved B-17 PN9E, which was reported missing somewhere in southeastern Greenland on Nov. 9, 1942. An air search was launched and on Nov. 24, the plane finally was discovered by Col. Bernt Balchen 40 miles inland from the Greenland coast.

2022年4月16日 · On November 9, the B-17 PN9E was sent out from BW-1, assigned to the search grid that encompassed the location of where the C-53‟s flares were seen, and the brief east-west coastline there. This coastline included three fjords. Comanche Bay fjord was the easterly one, and larger Koge Bay fjord was the westerly one.

The Greenland Ice Cap Rescue of B-17 “PN9E” November 5, 1942 to May 8, 1943 By CAPT Donald M. Taub, USCG, Retired On November 5, 1942, a U.S. Army Air Force [USAAF] Douglas C-53...

The B-17 PN9E was one of many aircraft taking part in a search for a downed C-53 Skytrooper when it flew into whiteout conditions and crashed on a Greenland glacier. Due to the remote location and extreme weather conditions the survivors were stranded for five months.

1942 - The Greenland Ice Cap Rescue of B-17 "PN9E" Article describing the Coast Guard's role in Greenland during World War II--the rescue of the crew of the downed B-17 PN9E

流行电台节目《美国队伍》(Cavalcade of America)将PN9E的事迹改编成了一部名为《对抗北极的9个人》的广播剧。 小说化的报道以蹩脚的音效演绎，脚踩在雪上发出的咯吱声听上去令人怀疑，像是有个人在挤压皮囊里的玉米淀粉。

U.S. Coast Guard History Program The Greenland Ice Cap Rescue of B-17 “PN9E” November 5, 1942 to May 8, 1943 By CAPT Donald M. Taub, USCG, Retired On November 5, 1942, a U.S. …

2022年3月20日 · On this day in 1943, the last surviving members of a B-17 crew prepare to leave the Greenland Ice Cap. They’d been stranded on an icy glacier for months. The entire crew had survived the crash on November 9, but early rescue efforts had been a mixed bag of successes and failures. (See yesterday’s post.)

2022年3月18日 · On this day in 1943, three members of a long-stranded B-17 crew are finally rescued from the Greenland Ice Cap. They’d spent 129 days in frigid temperatures and bitter winds. They’d lost friends. They’d fought gangrene, …

U.S. Army B-17F Flying Fortress, PN9E (#42-5088), with a crew of nine, departed for a search mission to look for a C-53 missing over the Greenland ice cap on November 9, 1942. At almost two hours into the mission, while passing under some overcast, the B-17F made a left turn and while in the turn the left wing struck the top of a glacier ...