487th Friends, Just back home after attending the dedication of the WWII Memorial in Washington DC last weekend and wanted to share the events with you. The ...
Lorin, Hi, my name is Mike and I am from Washington, D.C. I echo your sentiments exactly. . .a great memorial to a great generation! I noticed that your Dad...
Hi all! There is new information about the 487th reunion, scheduled for October 20 to 24, 2004 in the Washington, DC area. The program looks fabulous! For...
To all Personnel: My name is Jon (Swede) Jorgenson (USAF Retired 1996). My father was Kenneth (The Swede) Duane Jorgenson assigned to the 836th Squadron, 487th...
Hello Jon, The photo that you have shows the following men, from left to right: Back row: Kenneth D. Jorgenson (waist gunner), William R. Crabtree (engineer),...
I am new to the group. What a great collection of information. I am looking for information on my uncle Merle J. Thies. He was a Second Lt. in the 836th...
Hello Tom, I can offer you the following. On June 23 1944 the lead Squadron had successfully passed through the Charleroi-Mons flak corridor south of Brussels....
ACCORDING TO MY INFORMATION THE 41288222 B24 CRASHED NEAR BOULEVARD METTEWIE; AND THIS IS NOT wATERMAEL-BOITSFORT; THE FULL NAME OF THE CEMETERY IS /american...
Rene, Not sure which is correct but B-24 41-28822 is reported to have been hit by flak on 23 June 1944, with the a/c ditching in the English Channel. 9KIA, ...
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48th BG Listers, I attended the WWII Memorial dedication in Washington DC over Memorial Day. I put up some of the photos with brief text on a website for you...
New to this group.... I found your site by accident, and noticed a reference to Sgt. Richard E. Burres, who was my Half brother, and was killed just before I...
Wanted: WWI & WWII war souvenir's My son and I collect original WWI and WWII war souvenir's such as helmets, uniforms, medals, etc... pretty much anything...
Please note that the above book is being announced! Available beginning in October (at the reunion), you will also be able to order your copy, even if you...
Anyone know Richard J Martin. He was the tail gunner on Harry King's crew in the 839th Sq. 487th Bomb Group. He was 28 yrs old in 1945 and from New Haven IN....
Hi, I am not familiar with Richard Martin (other than his name) but it may interest you to know that I was a personal friend of Ray Avey for the last 5 years...
Hi Mike, Thank you for your response to my inquiry of Dick Martin. I cannot make it to the reunion but maybe some of our crew can and meet with you. Our crew...
Tom. . .Thanks for your kind words. I met Ray at a mall where he was wearing a hat with his gunner wings. As our relationship grew, I took him and his wife...
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about Edward G. Stamper? I was searching through websites and found the name. I am looking for info on Garrett Stamper...
Edward G. Stamper arrived was assigned to the 836th Bomb Squadron on October 31, 1944. The full crew was as follows: Paul E. Crockett Pilot Maynard H. Smith...
Please take us off of your mailing list. Thanks Ivo de Jong <ivojong@...> wrote: Edward G. Stamper arrived was assigned to the 836th Bomb Squadron on ...
I would like to know if anyone knows if there are any surviving photos of 43-38141? Co-Pilot was 2nd LT Douglas C Brink. The plane was missing on 11/26/1944...
. . .Just got back from attending this year's reunion for the Gentlemen From Hell, and it was outstanding. What a bunch of wonderful fellas who still have the...
Well the 2004 reunion has come and gone, and it was exceptional! For this writer, I now have my hands on a copy of the new book by Ivo deJong, "The History of...
Mr. Kenney is an old acquantance of mine and i saw the Sheppard Senator had published an article last year about Mr. Kenney's experience during WWII when his...
Hello, I worked with Ed years ago at Boeing in Wichita, and believe that he was a B-17 pilot. I see from the crew list on the web site that it looks like he...
My Grandfather Ray Disinger passed away on 12/17/04. He was a member of the 487th I found his name on your list. I was hoping to find out more about him and...
22 December 2004 Hello Curtis, Here is your grandfather's crew roster, from the Appendix (page 320) of Ivo de Jong's recently published "The History of the...
Curtis, I'm sorry to hear about your Grandfather's death. The "greatest generation" is moving on too quickly. I noticed that his name has not yet been...
