  G . ▁Ch apple , ▁reached ▁Tag au ay an ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁March , ▁and ▁found ▁P T - 3 2 . ▁With ▁two ▁of ▁his ▁three ▁engines ▁out ▁of ▁action , ▁Sch um acher ▁felt ▁that ▁his ▁boat ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁se aw orth y . ▁He ▁had ▁Ch apple ▁destroy ▁the ▁boat ▁with ▁Perm it ▁deck ▁gun . ▁Ch apple ▁then ▁took ▁the ▁fifteen ▁P T - 3 2 ▁crew men ▁back ▁to ▁Cor reg idor . ▁There , ▁eight ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁were ▁dis emb ark ed , ▁while ▁Ch apple ▁emb ark ed ▁forty ▁more ▁passengers , ▁thirty - six ▁of ▁them ▁code break ers . ▁Non eth eless , ▁Ch apple ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁conduct ▁a ▁regular ▁war ▁pat rol , ▁which ▁he ▁did . ▁He ▁finally ▁reached ▁Australia ▁on ▁ 7 ▁April . ▁Un aware ▁of ▁this , ▁Bul keley ▁attempted ▁to ▁locate ▁P T - 3 2 . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁few ▁days ▁he ▁fle w ▁over ▁the ▁area ▁as ▁a ▁passenger ▁in ▁various ▁aircraft , ▁including ▁a ▁P - 3 5 ▁and ▁a ▁P - 4 0 , ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁finding ▁it . ▁ ▁A ircraft ▁▁ ▁The ▁commander ▁of ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁Forces ▁in ▁Australia , ▁Lieutenant ▁General ▁George ▁H . ▁Bre tt , ▁received ▁a ▁radi ogram ▁from ▁General ▁Marshall ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁alert ing ▁him ▁that ▁Mac Ar thur ▁would ▁be ▁request ing ▁bom bers ▁to ▁transport ▁his ▁party ▁from ▁Mind