Remembering Today 18/2/42, Norman Cutts, SS Miraflores

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  1. La-de-da-Gunner Graham

    La-de-da-Gunner Graham Senior Member

    Remembering today:
    Norman Leonard Cutts
    Steward
    Merchant Navy, SS Miraflores
    Died: 18/2/1942
    Commemorated: Tower Hill Memorial
    Son of Henry Samuel Percy and Emma Cutts, of Warstock, Birmingham.

    :poppy: Remembered with honour
     
  2. DaveB

    DaveB Very Senior Member

    Front page - Fighting the U-boats - Ships hit by U-boats

    Miraflores (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net

    At 03.18 hours on 19 Feb, 1942, U-432 fired a spread of two torpedoes at an unescorted steamer about 50 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Germans reported that the ship sank immediately after being hit ahead of the bridge and amidships, leaving only a patch of oil and wreckage on the surface. The victim must have been the Miraflores (Master Robert Thompson), which was expected in New York the next day but did not arrive and was reported missing thereafter. The master and 33 crew members were lost.



    Crew list -

    Crewlist from Miraflores (British steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
     
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