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B-17 "Rockaway Bay" - 03/16/2006 04:50:10 PM
Good evening,

If anyone has information on 25thBG B-17 based in Watton 44-45 named "Rockaway Bay",
could you please post in reply?

Thank you!

Michael Hastings
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RE: B-17 "Rockaway Bay" - 03/16/2006 05:39:06 PM
A contact for the 25th BG :

Mr Jack Sheen
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 863-3142
email  joker654@earthlink.net

Posted in Amer Legion 7-05

Jim :-)
<message edited by jpeters140 on 03/16/2006 05:49:10 PM >
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99 BG, 348BS, 5th Wing, 15th AAF
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My Tour was from 12/03/44-06/19/45
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RE: B-17 "Rockaway Bay" - 02/12/2008 11:22:14 PM
Hi,
 
This B-17 of 652nd Weather ( Heavy) Squadron, 25th BG, Watton, England, was named by its crewchief who was from Rockaway Bay, New York.  I have a photo of the nose showing the name painted on this B-17.
 
Norman Malayney
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RE: B-17 "Rockaway Bay" - 10/27/2008 10:44:26 AM
norm k malayney


Hi,

This B-17 of 652nd Weather ( Heavy) Squadron, 25th BG, Watton, England, was named by its crewchief who was from Rockaway Bay, New York.  I have a photo of the nose showing the name painted on this B-17.

Norman Malayney

 
Norman
 
Same Crew Chief for the 25th BG's B-24 The ROCKAWAY BABE ?..
http://www.b24bestweb.com/Pics-LRW-R-V.htm
 
 
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