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Category : Army Air Forces, Missing Personal
Tags: 1st Lt. Donald J. Gott, American Battle Monuments Commission, B-24, Boucly, Crash Site, European Cemetery, Fox News Europa, Fox News Northwest, Jr, Lt William E. Metzger, Maryland, Melville B-17, MIA, Mohr B-17, National Archives, National Cemeteries, Oklahoma, Project MIA Hattonville France, Seattle, TAPC, Third Army Maneuvres, Tincourt, Total Army Personnel Center, US Army Air Corps, US Government, US Graves Registration, USAF Historical Research Agency, Voves, Wall of Honor, Washington, Washington DC
Four identified dead from B-17 crash site in France has just been proven to actually be four dead who are still carried as MIA
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Category : Army Air Forces, B-17 #42-97904
Tags: Air Force Historical Research Agency, B-24, B17-G-35-VE, Boucly, France, Graves Registration, Lady Jeannette, Melville B-17, Mohr B-17, National Archives, Serial 42-97904, Strasbourg, Tincourt, Voves
Army Air Force Fans, Historians, Veterans’ Relatives or anyone else involved : I am searching photos from the following B-17 Bomber
Airplane Type : B17-G-35-VE
Serial Number : 42-97904
Nickname : Lady Jeannette
Gunter,
Freeman died a year or so ago. However, his reputation is such, that anything in his books become references in another after another. I have had nasty letters, when some called’ historians see that I do not use the miss-information in my books. Hell, I had to fight with our National Archives and the US Air Force Historical Research Agency about the identity of the B-24 that crashed at Tincourt-Boucly. Finally, when I had a-hold of their nuts and short hairs, with in depth proof that all of their documents were wrong and I was right, did they agree, I was right.
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Category : Army Air Forces, Crew & Planes
Tags: Army Air Forces Papers, B-17, B-24, B-25, B-26, C-47, P-26, P-36, P-38, P-40, P-51, Photos
As you probably noticed it I have changed the theme of my Wordpress and I have lot of images that were used before with the other theme. I was thiking of erasing them then thought that other Military History Bloggers could maybe use them for their Blogs.
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On one Army Air Force Bombardment Mission planned in the vicinity of Berlin, no German fighter attacked the Bomber Group as well as the escort : P-40, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang Long Range.
On their way back to England, another order was send for the escort planes : “turn into ashes everything that the German Army, Luftwaffe and Marine, could use to fight the Allies, in the Air, on the Field as well as everywhere these could hide”.
This was the order and this was what the escort did that day.
See the movie.
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