WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS AIRCRAFT? WHAT HAPPENED TO It? WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO FLEW IT? WHERE WAS THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN? AND WHAT FAMOUS SONG DID THIS PLANE INSPIRE DURING THE WAR?
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Click and type in a question or commenti am working on sending a group of university students to travel the "red Ball Route" and can not find a map, of the actual routes. So i can have a bus driver recreate driving on any sections f rom Le Havre to Paris, do you have one? Thanks Laura forrest ready_2_go@comcast.net
I am also interested in the book circle and the fields of little america by jan bos...can u help me find it. My uncle Robert Jordan was mentioned in this book , he was MIA and then presumed dead. His body never recovered. Thank u and GOd bless. Vanessa Burchette staarbrcht@yahoo.com
Hi, This is a wonderful website!!! My father in Law Russell Long was in the 82 Airborne Division 376th Paratroopers. He was apart of the invasion in Nijmegen. He was so proud of the Paratroopers .. From what I understand some of his diaries and or his name was mentioned in the book "Circle and The Fields of Little America" by Jan Bos... I would love to purchase this book or what ever you could recommend for my husband and our children. Please forward where and how I can get your book. Thank you, Robin Long my Email is RobinL@Metalcraftdoor.com
greetings from Nijmegen in Holland. I am reading your book Safely Rest, am about halfway. I enjoy your book very much, very well written. I also enjoy your website. My name is Jan Bos, 54 years old, married, my wife and I have two daughters, we have two grandchildren. I am a police officer in my home town Nijmegen, 34 years of active service. I am an amateur historian on the history of the 82nd Airborne Division and Troop Carrier Groups. As for myself I have written a 226 page book about the history of the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division. The 82nd liberated my hometown during the so-called operation Market Garden, September 17, 1944. It took me nine years to gather/collect all the information, then write the story and put it in the computer. The book came out in a limited edition in 1992 in the States, title "Circle and the Fields of Little America". After the book was published I received a lot more of information that actually should have been in the book. I do not have the money for a second printing, but have decided to put everything on DVD. I scanned all my documents and pictures ref the 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion. The 376th was heavily mauled by friendly fire during the invasion of Sicily, July 11, 1943. The 376th [part of the 504th Parachute Combat Team] was on board of 144 C-47 and C-53 transport planes of various Troop Carrier Groups. Approaching the coast of Sicily gunners opened up and shot down 23 [out of the 144] within a short time. The 376th lost seventy-five men during WW-II. During the years I have ordered their Burial Files and scanned them to go on the DVD. One of the chapters I wrote is "Returning the dead", this is so close what I have read in your book. I am a member of the Historical Section of National Liberation Museum 1944-1945 at Groesbeek [east of Nijmegen], our section wrote the book Roll of Honor 82nd Airborne Division, stating names, ranks, Army Serial Number, state of origin, company/battery, date of death, location and circumstances - if known, name of both the temporary cemeteries, plot and grave number, date of burial. We have access to files of the American Battle Monuments Commission, microfiches bearing the names of all American WW-II dead, overlays of temporary cemeteries, weekly burial reports, we have gathered these files during the years. We are now working on a similar book on the 101st Airborne Division. More to follow. Our chairman is a priest, he is writing a book . . . . . . . on the airraid on PLOESTI !!!! I am also one of the editors of the DAKOTA MAGAZINE, a bi-monthly published by the Dutch Dakota Classic Airlines at Schiphol airport at Amsterdam in Holland, we have two DC-3s in flyable condition. I write stories about the C-47's (military version of the DC-3), bombers and Rosies (American women who helped building airplanes during WW-II) Jan Bos Nijmegen,Holland
I love your site. I recently found out that my father Leonard J. Hebert was a member of the Red Ball Express. As with many of the men who served there, they never told anyone of their accomplishments. It took his funeral, and a trip to Quantico to find our thaat my father was an honored soldier. If there are any other readers who have family members who were part of this group, please e-mail me at yrm16@scdmh.org
Mr. Colley. sir, recently my uncle passed away. while we were going through his things we found a treasure trove of information regarding his life in the army. most of our familty had no idea of his life in the service. and none of use had ever heard of ploesti, romania. needless to say we were all surprised when we found photo's , and medals that he had taken and received for his part in this historic mission. I know that this may be a strange request but I was wondering if you give me some insight to maybe finding the group of men that are in the photo's we have of him standing in front of his plane.I believe this photo was taken just before that mission . we also have photo's he took from his plane on that mission. my uncle wally never talked of his life in the army but in his things we found his medals and some written letters about that life . 79 mission's, as a talegunner on the fortress liberator, from what we understand that was more than he had to fly. anyway thanks from this forum and hope you will respond. Pete Poulsen wwtp@portofkalama.com
Mr. Colley,my name is Pamela Woodley, a military brat. My father, Ret. Sgt. Richard Woodley is the core essence of me contacting you. He was a soldier of 18-years old when deployed with the only black infantry to guard the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. We have an illistrious story of history to tell. Please,please contact me by phone 770.482.7259 fax 770.482.6287 mobile 678.755.1423 or by email cherubfurberre@hotmail.com. to dicusss more meticulously this, another unsung African-Americans affectation during that time. We have documentation to verify this historical event. We, my father and I, believe that he maybe the only survivor of that horrific era, that is cognitive. Please contact me. I am with hopes to have produced a documentary of this or some means of having it illuminated oe illustrated. Thanking you in advance for your correspondence, Pamela
Additional information can be found in recent book: Fateful Flight of the Lonesome Polecat II, by Michael I. Darter, iUniverse, Inc., ISBN 0-595-32588-2, 2004.
My brother (S/Sgt. Eugene F. Darter) was an airman in a B-17F crew (95th BG, Horham, England)Lonesome Polecat II, #42-30255) shot down 16 Dec 43 and MIA. My investigation starting in 2000 located eye witnesses on Texel (island) who saw his B-17F, members of crew, and eventually my brother land on or near Texel. My badly wounded brother landed in Wadden Sea just off Texel island, was blown out into sea and his remains never washed ashore. B-17F landed just off North Sea beach of Texel and both pilots never got out of plane and remain there today. Other 7 crew became POW's and survived war and have been located in US. I cannot locate relatives of pilots but would like to turn information over to JPAC for possible action. Do you know what their reaction would be, given we have not located their relatives? Michael Darter, mdarter@ara.com
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