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Lynn Elliot Dunlap
World War II - U. S. Navy
1940 - 1941
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1939 Graduation Photograph
Mountain High School  Lynn Elliot Dunlap 3rd Class Radioman Born: April 1, 1921 in Mountain, Wisconsin Died: July 3, 1941 Western Atlantic Ocean Burial: Lost At Sea |
| PBY-5 Flying Boat  The very powerful PBY-5 was not only a seaplane, but had retractable landing gear for runway use.
Lynn Elliot Dunlap was aboard this kind of aircraft It's design allowed it to land on rough waters and go through serious storm weather. It was called the "go anywhere" aircraft in war supply and anti-submarine work; "Guardian Angel" in war search and rescue missions. The PBY-5 was introduced in September 1940, just in time to take part in the Neutrality Patrol in the Western Atlantic. By the end of 1941, the Navy had 16 squadrons operating PBY-5s. The USA officially entered World War II December 7, 1941. when he disappeared in July 1941. |
 PBY-5 was used all over the world in World War II.
The PBY-5 was probably the Navy’s most useful aircraft during
World War II. Designed for use as a patrol aircraft, the PBY filled a
variety of roles: anti-submarine warfare, recognizance missions, search and rescue.
The PSY-5 carried a crew of 7 to 9 personel.
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(Editor's
note: Lynn
Elliot Dunlap was taking part in the US Navy Neutrality Patrol in the
Western Atlantic to support the Merchant Marine Ships targeted by Nazi
submarines while delivering supplies to the British Isles in July
1941. The British had been under bombing attacks and at war with Nazi
Germany since 1938. The USA officially entered World War II after the
Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941,
five months after Lynn Elliot Dunlap disappeared on the navy plane.)
News Articles Sheboygan Press
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~July 9, 1941 Aboard Plane
Lynn Elliot Dunlap, 20, radioman, third class, was one of seven men aboard a big navy patrol plane missing off the northeastern coast. Ships an planes of the Atlantic fleet hunted the creaft. Dunlap's mother, Naiomi Anna Dunlap, lives in Mountain, Wis. Wisconsin State Journal
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~July 9, 1941 MILWAUKEE, Wis - (UP) - Also aboard the missing plane was another Wisconsin man, Lynn Elliott Dulap, 20, a radio man. His mother Mrs. Naomi Anna Dunlap, lives at Mountain, Oconto county. Wisconsin State Journal
September 21, 1941 Trace of Bomber Found, Belief _________ MARBLEHEAD,
Mass - (UP) - Coast guardsmen today linked seven charred aviation
helments washed up on Devereaux beach here Friday with the
disappearance July 3 of the navy bomber PBY-5 with its seven-man crew.
The seven helments found were partly burned, indicating that the bomber
may have exploded in mid-air, navy officials said.
The crew list announced by the navy department included Anthony Henry Gazafy, 28, aviation machinists mate, Milwaukee, Wis., and Lynn Elliot Dunlap, 20, radioman, Mountain, Wis. The bomber vanished on a routine patrol flight off the New England coast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: Hamlet of Mountain Mighty Proud
of Part in War Effort - by Frank Horak 1943
First Mountain Casualty
One of the first Mountain casualties in this war was Lynn
Elliott Dunlap, third class radioman, U. S. Navy, age 20, who
was officially given up as lost as a result of the
disappearance of the PBY-5 airplane he was in on July 3,
1941. When last heard from, prior to his disappearance, he sent his mother, Mrs. Naomi Dunlap, Mountain, a letter from Newfoundland. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy on Jan. 23, 1940, taking a course in aviation radio from which he graduated Sept. 10, 1940. His brother, Lloyd, is now in the U. S. Naval Reserve, training at: Baldwin-Wallace college, Berea, Ohio. |