Our Gallant Doctor: Enigma and Tragedy : Surgeon Lieutenant George Hendry and HMCS Ottawa, 1942Dundurn, 30 Απρ 2007 - 280 σελίδες During the Battle of the Atlantic, Dr. George Hendry had just finished performing two major surgical operations on board the destroyer HMCS Ottawa when his ship was ambushed by 13 German U-boats. Canadian warships like Ottawa had inadequate radar sets that were incapable of detecting submarines approaching in the dark. On September 13, 1942, U-91 stole in and torpedoed Ottawa, sinking her in 20 minutes. utterly exhausted, Dr. Hendry was lost along with 113 of his shipmates. George Hendry was a much-loved man, a great university athlete, and a very good doctor. Unfortunately, he was also naive and too trusting. One night in January 1941, he committed a very foolish indiscretion. He would spend the rest of his tragically short life making amends for this mistake. |
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... ) 245 J: Transcript of a Taped Interview of Captain T.C. Pullen,OC, RCN (Ret'd), by Commander Tony German, RCN (Ret'd), on January 26, 1985 251 Notes 268 Bibliography 272 Index Foreword: Fathers and Sons: The Lost Age of Medical Heroism.
... Jenson's account ofa 271 radar set being delivered to the ship in Londonderry before she sailed to escort ON 127. He reported this to the captain, who Foreword by Tony German, Commander RCN (Ret'd) Dr Hendry and HMCS Ottawa.
... captain, who replied that Naval Service Headquarters had dictated that 271 was not to be fitted to RCN destroyers as its antenna assembly would have to replace the main gunnery armament's rangefinder/director. Most unusual in non ...
... Captain (N) Dick Steele, RCN (Ret'd); Commander Fraser McKee, RCN (Ret'd); Commander Bob Rutherford, RCN (Ret'd); ... Captain W.M. “Mike” Caswell, MVO, Royal Navy. I am most grateful for the considerable publication support extended by the ...
... . It was done, of necessity, on the small dining table of the captain's day cabin, as the ship's sick bay is little bigger than a closet. Because there were four-metre seas, the patient had to be 23 Prologue: A Burial at Sea.
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Chapter Three | 65 |
Chapter Four | 81 |
Chapter Five | 109 |
Chapter | 131 |
Chapter Seven | 149 |
Chapter Eight | 179 |
Epilogue | 193 |
Appendices | 211 |
List of Survivors HMCS Ottawa September 13 1942 | 225 |
Transcript of a Taped Interview of Captain T C PullenOC | 245 |
Bibliography | 268 |
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