Escape from Hong Kong - The Final Hours

Charles Skinner M. N. from Sunderland

 

Engineer Officer Charlie Skinner of the Merchant Navy escaped in C-410 with Commander Montague R. N. (Retd) and joined up with Admiral Chan Chak's MTB escape party at NanAo, deep behind enemy lines on the Dapeng Peninsula in Mirs Bay, China.

Killed later in the war when the` "S. S. Aymeric" was torpedoed 16th May 1943 ??

Photo from Buddy Hide's collection ©

Waichow 30th December 1940

After 3000 miles traveling overland through China and Burma he arrived in a deserted Rangoon. After five weeks he left onboard the Armed Merchant Cruiser Heinrich Jessen bound for Calcutta along with Lt-Cmdr Gandy, Lt Collingwood, Lt Ashby & Jix Prest, Buddy Hide, Charlie Evans, Al Rutter, John pawley, Jack Holt, Les Barker, Ron Priestley, and others.

Charlie along with fellow merchant navy officer Norman Halliday re-joined the merchant service while in India.