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information (mtp2707)

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:45:45 Z

Looking for some information on aircraft Betty Coed!..

B-24J #44-10620 crashed 7 May 1945, need info on all crew & passengers (b24copilotniece)

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:30:54 Z

Have info MACR #16630 on this loss on trolley missin to Cologne, Germany, it states 406th BG, 832nd B Sq loss based at Hethel UK, with crew---SSgt Mair, SSgt Anderson, SSgt Lilbern D Daly, SSgt Fredrick W Seik, SSgt Ranenscraft.MACR indicates 0 passengers..

Not sure where to go from here (Caretaker)

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:04 Z

Hello all.My cousin was Francis J Fodge from Genesee County, NY. He was born in 1916 and died 23 March 1945 from wounds sustained in a crash. He was listed as the pilot of 43-15900. From what I've been able to find, his plane crashed upon takeoff from Doh..

B-17 Crash at Haddenham /Sutton Cambs -Spring 1944 ? (Eager Beaver)

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:22:01 Z

Gents one for a work friend of mine he has parts from a B-17 ? that crashed on his fathers land at North Hill Haddenham Near Ely Cambs in what he thinks is Spring 1944...the parts i have seen are all natural metal apart from potentially an OD tailplane.....

A-54 Le Bourget Aerodrome Feb 1945 (Patricia)

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:48:15 Z

This Airfield, 10 miles Northwest of Paris, is today the location of the Paris Air Show. In February 1945 it looked definitely war weary. In one of the photos is a C-47 with a Z on the nose. This is not the normal place for a Squadron code. It is smaller ..