brianx13
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384th - 544th bomb squad
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11/28/2007 10:33:02 AM
I am looking for family or friends of the following airmen:
Howard Burgoon, Victor Kress, David Wilmot, Tom Hunt, Edward Peckham, Roland Jenkins, Harold McFarland, Henry Ulmer, and George Ashworth. My grandfather was with them when they were shot down in France on June 26, 1943. I am hoping we can trade information, letters, photos, etc.
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RE: 384th - 544th bomb squad
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11/28/2007 04:26:15 PM
hello it was B17-F80 BO 42-30031 (from 544th Bomb Squadron SU-D) 3 EVD 7 POW (2nd mission for this plane) pilot 2nd Lt Howard C. Burgoon (from Pennsylvania) O 522702 - POW Stalag Luft 3 - co-pilot 2nd Lt Cress navigator 2nd Lt David Wilmot (from New York, born in 1916) O 670198 - POW Stalag 7A bombardier 2nd Lt Tom Hunt TSGT Edward L. Peckham (from New York) 32286373 POW Stalag 17B SSGT Harold H Mc Farland 33019662 - POW Stalag 17B SSGT Aguair SSGT Ashworth SSGT Roland Jenkins SGT Henry Ullmer - 36210809 - POW Stalag 17B link to this pic (384th bomb group site) http://384thbombgroup.com/pages/30031.html link to another post on this forum http://forum.armyairforces.com/m_121544/tm.htm will try to get further info bye
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patootie
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RE: 384th - 544th bomb squad
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11/29/2007 06:26:37 AM
hello again try this link : (crew picture) http://www.384thbombgroup.com/pages/c6.html F/O Howard C Burgoon (P)
2LT Victor C Kress (CP)
2LT David B Wilmot (N)
2LT Tom J E Hunt (B)
SSGT Edward L Peckham (TT)
SSGT Roland H Jenkins (WG)
SSGT Harold S McFarland (RO)
SSGT William Aguiar (BT)
SSGT Henry J Ullmer (TG) born in 1917, from Wisconsin
SSGT George Ashworth (WG)
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brianx13
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RE: 384th - 544th bomb squad
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11/29/2007 07:48:57 AM
Thanks Daniel, I can even add to that! It was Tom Hunt and William Aguiar (my grandfather) that EE'd over the Pyrenees. Roland Jenkins EE'd for a while with the French until the Allied forces showed up in his town (I actually have his EE report). I was interested in finding them or their family in the hopes of sharing photos, stories, or letters that I have from some of their family to mine while the men were MIA. I recently found out that their plane actually did have a name - The Bad Penny. I have searched for that for years and only recently found it here: http://books.dreambook.com/f3red/new384thbg.html. This site is invaluable and is a great tribute to that generation. Thank you again and I will certainly appreciate any other help you may have.
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