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Name: Homepage: http://homepage.mac.com/lotsaelk City: Evergreen Sent: Mon March 07 2005 13:11 GREAT SITE! I need some help. My Dad flew in the 6th bomb group off Tinian. He wrote an autobiography which I am now self-publishing. On 25 May he flew as #3 pathfinder for the bomb group on the second night of the firebombing of Tokyo. Over the target the #3 engine was completely blown off the wing but they managed to get it all the way back to Tinian. Unfortunately he didn't take any pictures of the aircraft! How would I go about finding a photo of it? What resources are available? The name of the aircraft was Connecticut Yankee II. He was in the 40th Squadron. Anybody got any ideas? Name: City: Bonita Springs, FL Theater Of Operation: Pacific Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 314th BW, 39th BG, 60th BS, P13 Sent: Fri March 04 2005 04:06 Plan to go to Wash. DC reunion. Was pilot on "City of Galveston" June 26th 1945 flight shot down and picked up by "USS Pintado". Have video of plane crashing in Pacific and submarine pick-up and transfer to USS Tygrone. Name: City: northern marianas islands Sent: Fri March 04 2005 04:04 hey,not sure where i am.i really need your anybody's help.i am looking for my husband's father name RICK DEGRACIA.hope i spelled it correctly.my husband was born in jan,22,68.i was told by his mother that he met rick degracia in guam and that he was in the navy.they dated for a while and he left.so they dated in 1967.anyone please help with any information.rick degracia.a mexicano.in guam in 1967.dated my mom in law name maria b cruz.any info please email me or call 670-256-8662.my husband's name is dennis kevin cruz and he has no idea i am searching all over the internet for his father.rick degracia where r you? Name: Sent: Fri March 04 2005 04:00 My Grandfather, Thomas Mack Cox, Sr. was in the 6th Bomber Squadron. He was an Ariel Gunner on a B29. I have his discharge certificate. I will soon request his official record. I want to find the plane he flew in. Please help!!!! Name: City: Houston, TX Sent: Tue February 15 2005 19:22 I am the neice of William G. Joyce, pilot of Crew 42, who died June 19, 1945. Thanks for a great website!! I really appreciate the picture of his crew. Name: City: Blacksburg, Virginia Theater Of Operation: Pacific Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th bg 60th squadron - crew unknown Sent: Fri January 28 2005 17:01 My father t/sgt Edwin S Goodnow is listed in 60th squadron 39th bg but apparantly his crew info is not here. I am trying to find info & crew photo! Name: Homepage: http://P.O. Box 5182 City: Pleasanton Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 19th Bomb Group 28th Squadron Crew #?105 Sent: Tue November 16 2004 06:02 My Grandfather was Captain W.L. Henderson and I was hoping to get a little more info on the planes he flew and the crew he flew them with. One plane s was The Top of the Mark. The other I,m not sure I think it might of been the Island Queen the tail had a circle with an indian head in it and was numberd 469771. If anyone had some info it would be much apprieciated. Some of the crew were Shipley, McCalmont, Carson, Reale, Bowers, Hall, Hoffman, Young. Name: City: Magnolia, AR 71753 Theater Of Operation: So. Pacific (Guam) Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 20thAAF, 315th BW, 331st BG , 5A1 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Sun September 26 2004 09:35 We flew nites till war's end in the turretless B 29s. bombing oil refineries at midnight. I was in the nose. Flew out of NW Field, Guam, and flew at 8,000 to 10,000' Name: Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Wed September 08 2004 10:27 Thanks for your history updates which we have added to our Special Collections as a resource for cadets. It's nice that your website address is on the publication. Mary Elizabeth Ruwell, US Air Force Academy Archivist Name: City: Denver, CO Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: No Contact me about becoming a member?: No Sent: Tue August 24 2004 09:37 Just wanted to say "great site." My grandfather was a radar operator with a crew in the 444th BG/58th BW in CBI and Tinian. I invite everyone to check out the 444th website at www.444thbg.org for more great B-29 information. Name: Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Sat July 03 2004 01:30 I LOVE THIS SITE Name: City: Bayside, N.Y. Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th group, 61st Bomber squad 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Sun June 20 2004 14:00 Does anyone remember my Uncle 2nd Lt.Martin Swetsky - I am trying to track down infor about him? Name: Alan Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Fri May 28 2004 23:33 Sweden's crucial role in supplying Nazi Germany iron ore and military facilities. The Swedish government was responsible for the most iron ore the Nazis received. Kiruna-Gällivare ore fields in Northern Sweden were all important to Nazi Germany. These massive deliveries of iron ore and military facilities from Sweden to Nazi Germany lengthened World War II. Casualties of the war have been estimated at 20 million killed in Europe. How many of them died due to Sweden's material support to Nazi Germany, is not known. The Swedish SEB purchased Bosch Group companies outside Germany during 1939-1940, creating an association with Nazi Germany which colored SEB's international reputation during the post-war years. Gerard Aalders and Cees Wiebes The Art of Cloaking Ownership: The Secret Collaboration and Protection of the German War Industry by the Neutrals: The Case of Sweden. www.suomalaisuudenliitto.fi/case.htm Name: Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Sun April 25 2004 14:18 I have a photo of the monument at harmon field where LeMay's Hq used to be. Name: Carl E. LeVan - age 79 City: Shillington/PA/USA Theater Of Operation: Pacific - Japan Air Offensive: GUAM May 45 - Nov. 46 Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 314th, 61st squadron, 39th bomb group, 26R Crew 39th BG Association Member: Yes, attended the reunion in York, PA 2003 Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Sun April 04 2004 14:01 Flight Officer on B29 - Radar navigator - our crew was 26R replacement crew. We were tracked down by Wayne Stone, son of one of our crew members. He wanted to hear stories about his father. Wayne's efforts and this website put us in touch with each other. Crew member Herman Spain and I got together at the reunion last August in York, PA for the first time since our discharge. Unfortunately, I was just diagnosed with leukemia and won't be traveling to St. Louis this summer. I'd love to hear from anyone in my crew or others who were in GUAM. It's great that someone cared enough to put this website together so our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren can read about our WWII experiences. (Sadly Carl E. LeVan has passed away 12 May 2004) Name: City: Springfield, OH USA Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: yes Sent: Sat March 06 2004 06:23 Today I met one of the men (there is only 1 other person helping to run the organization in Tuscon, AZ and he's from CA) running the database in AZ. He was in the Clark County Public Library here in Springfield, OH doing some research for his son in Florida. I'd really like to become a member! Roy LeMaster Jr. Name: City: Middleton,Nova Scotia, Canada Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Thu March 04 2004 05:22 My uncle , Murton A. Dings was aboard the submarine "USS Pintado SS387" when they rescued the crew of the "City of Galveston" on June 26,1945 just south of Honshu. A new B-29 was christened July/1945 at North Field, Guam, named "USS Pintado". The air crew took the submarine crew up for a flight , Murton even got to fly the plane . A great time was had by all!. He never forgot that. The fairwater , [superstructure] of the USS Pintado SS387 is in the Memorial Courtyard of the "Admiral Nimitz-National Museum of the Pacific War" in Fredericksburg , Texas Name: City: Longview, TX Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Wed March 03 2004 17:37 Great website! I had found a small article in the archive of our local newspaper regarding Maj. James L. Gary, and his B-29 "City of Longview". I have wanted to build a model of this plane, and contact Maj Gary or his crew if still living. I was thrilled to find info on his "Crew 33" on this site! Name: Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Sat February 14 2004 12:38 Found your site very interesting. I was in the 314th Bomb Wing, the 29th Bomb Group, the 6th Squadron stationed in Guam during 1945-1946. This site really brought back memories. We had two runways which were parallel and a half mile apart. It took a minute for an aircraft to take off from a standing start. Both runways were always used so an airplane went into the sky every 30 seconds. The 19 was a super, super aircraft. There aren't many left, but one can be seen at the Museum at Dayton, Ohio. I heartily recommend a visit. I'm now 80 tears old and think often of my comrads. I keep in touch with two. One in Owatonna, Minnesota and one in Ohio. Name: City: deland.fla.voluisa Theater Of Operation: Command, Group, Squadron, Crew: 39th BG Association Member: Contact me about becoming a member?: Sent: Sun February 08 2004 18:56 Number of entries: 123 [ Leave the guestbook ] Create a FREE guestbook! Alxhost Web Hosting - $4.95/month! Remove these links Click for more info! |