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This Section of our web site is to commemorate the brave young men, that made the maid voyage with the
Meltin'Pot (serial no:41-24516)

                      Captain William Curt Melton:        Pilot:                 Transferred to 1st Wing
                      Lt Alex Kramarinko:                      Co-pilot              POW
                      Lt Charles Grimes:                                                   Killed in WW2
                      Lt Robert Levy:                                                       Killed in WW2
                      T/Sgt William Cherry :                                             Killed in WW2
                      S/Sgt Mahlon Snover:                                              Killed in WW2
                      T/Sgt Lee Kessler:                                                   POW (see a copy of his war years below)
                      S/Sgt Gilbert Shoemarker :                                      Killed in WW2
                      S/Sgt Ernest Garland:                                              Killed in WW2   
                                                                   Extra Passengers
                      Sgt Joe Bowles: (AWOL passenger)                          Unknown
                      Lt Jesse Milburn:(Communication Officer)               Unknown

                                                               

The  radio documentry  below was produced by Kate O'Halloran,It is the story of Meltin'Pot, which features some members of Inishowen Sub Aqua Club
(click on the play button below to hear the full interview) 

Lee Kessler The Trip Over.pdf
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A film from Path Gazette showing a B-17 in action,during the Second World War.The plane in the film is similar to Meltin'Pot


A picture of William Curtis Melton(Captain of the Meltin'Pot) and Elisabeth Ferguson(the lady who came to the aid of the crashed plane crew in Lough Foyle)



Lee Kessler another member of the Meltin'Pot crew(click on the picture to find out more information on Lee)


Lee Kessler Summary of his war years .pdf
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The Dive team from Inishowen Sub Aqua Club,that found the Meltin'Pot
 on 3rd of August 2001

From Left to Right Seamus Carey(Diving Officer),Seamus Mc Laughlin (holding an air tank from the plane),Robert Smyth, Dermot Keenan,and Danny Keenan(Danny and Seamus where the first divers on the wreck of the Meltin's Pot)


Below is the Diving Officer report(who was Semuas Carey the main driving force behind the search for the Meltin'Pot) 

Diving Officer Report on finding the Plane
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The Meltin'Pot book


Members of
Inishowen Sub Aqua club
and
Manchester Diving Group
with items recovered from the
Meltin'Pot

Picture
Members of Inishowen Sub Aqua Club, and Manchester Diving Group. Recovered a Browning Machine Gun,(Caliber .50) and a Springfield Rifle1903 bolt action (Caliber .30) from the Meltin Pot in July 2011.
The Browning machine gun was part of the BBC 1 Northern Ireland programes called Dig WW2 which was presented by Dan Snow.
The two guns  have being donated by Manchester Diving Group, to the Greencastle Maritime Museum. To be added to the present collection of artefacts recovered from the Meltin'Pot




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