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