Same Message, with corrected date. Saturday, 29 January 1944 Time: 18:00 To all 88th BG (H) Personnel: All squadrons are on alert. Get a good night's rest. ...
Delany walked through the muddy road towards the O-Club, feeling better than he had since they had started flying. Today's mission had gone extremely well --...
Player Email: dmoody@... Plane Name: Frisco Kid II Squadron: 399th Mission #: 27 Target City: Villaorba Did the B-17 bomb the target: Yes Bomb Run: 30% ...
David R. Moody
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Jun 3, 2005 8:20 pm
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Delany, Barstow, and Pike returned early to their tent after spending some time in the O-club with some of the 'new guys' in the 318th. "Nice fellas," said...
Player Name: Steven Williams Player E-Mail: ocsdresdep@... Plane Name: Longhorn Lady Squadron: 318th Mission: 27 Target City: Villaorba, Italy Did the...
Hanson's crew anxiously waited for the return of 'Eat at Joe's' with the other ground crews. They spotted their bomber coming in, and could see a few holes and...
Player Name: Art DeFilippo Player e-mail: adf13@... Plane Name: Raid Hot Mama Squadron: 399th (Buckeye 4) Mission#: 11 (This Bomber: 3) Target City: Villaorba,...
THIS IS COWBOY ONE TO FIREBALL ONE......THIS IS COWBOY ONE TO FIREBALL ONE....ENGINE #4 SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM FLAK AND IS HEAVILY LEAKING OIL...REPEAT, ENGINE...
All, Well, I'm back from my trip. So far, 11 of 17 planes have reported in. Still looking for: Thor, Smith crew, 318th (G. Webster) Dangerous Encounter, Wells...
Sunday, 30 January 1944 Time: 18:00 To all 88th BG (H) Personnel: All squadrons are on alert. Get a good night's rest. Wake up at 0530. Breakfast from...
Verne Pike sat for what seemed like hours in the triage area of the base hospital. A harried-looking doctor had bustled through right after he'd gotten there,...
Player Name: Steven Williams Player E-Mail: ocsdresdep@... Plane Name: Longhorn Lady Squadron: 318th Mission: 28 Target City: Klagenfurt, Austria Did the...
Player Name: Neil Amoore Player E-Mail: ecosys@... Plane Name: Silver Spoon Squadron: 317th Mission: 28 Target City: Klagenfurt, Austria Did the B-17...
"Don, Don" Thorn repeats urgently as he tracks down his pilot. "Hi Chuck!" Replies Lt. Beckett. "What the rush, we've been delayed at least an hour" "That's...
"Hi Pappy" Lt. Beckett addresses his crew chief. "Got the old girl back together?" Of course Don knew he did, they always did. How they did it was a...
Joe Delany was feeling out of sorts as he left the briefing tent, and no wonder: in the last four days, he'd permanently lost four crewmen. One, Charlie...
"I don't know if I can talk about it right now," says an ashen-faced Lieutenant to the debriefing officer, his voice raspy and barely audible over the din of...
the Yankee Air Museum is having it's annual air show Aug 5&6th... for anybody interested, this is a great airshow that showcases WWII aircraft. so far this...
Lee, I plan on being there with my kids. Maybe we might run into one an other? Jim P "Darla's Bit II" 316th BS -----Original Message----- From: "L. VanCamp"...
Hi all! I thought this was very interesting comment from a "B-17" crew member from the war. I got this off a Yahoo Group, I lurk on, for Veterians & Family of...
This is what prompted the veterians comments in the first place, From Helynn, "Many of the crews had nicknames for planes that they flew and these names were...
Player Name: Art DeFilippo Player e-mail: adf13@... Plane Name: Raid Hot Mama Squadron: 399th Mission#: 28 (This Bomber: 4) Target City: Klagenfurt, Austria...
Interesting stuff, indeed, thanks. I read Ambrose's 'Wild Blue' last fall, and I remember it mentioning that, when McGovern's crew had to fly a different plane...
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