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Looking for information on my grandfather
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07/18/2007 05:16:16 PM
Bear with me,I am new to all this forum posting stuff. My name is Tara and I'm looking for some information on my grandfather, Captain Benjamin Callison of the 487th BG ...389th squadron. My grandfather recently passed away(last month) and I have been trying to find out any information on him. I have contacted the 487th website and they only have the information I posted in this email. I'd appreciate any information any of you may have on my grandfather.
Thanks,
T.Callison-Mahovlich
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RE: Looking for information on my grandfather
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07/18/2007 06:42:19 PM
i am doing alot of research on my dad and in the process of writing a book.google,and if he was air crew google b24 and alot of sites come up,you just have to search through them and you will start finding things.i just found a picture of my dads plane last night in flight.
ssgt ward
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RE: Looking for information on my grandfather
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07/19/2007 09:07:35 AM
Tara,
If you'v'e been to the 487th site(s) you saw they are having a reunion this Sept in Charleston. Go! Take what you have about/from your grandfather (be sure to ask relatives what they have, old letters home, etc).
Reunions are full of photos, information, and recollections of guys who flew with your grandfather. Find a way to go. You'll get deeper info from a reunion than anything you can find elsewhere. And be sure to put his name on your namebadge and circulate and ask questions.
Its not too expensive, its priceless. Its not too far away, its close for what you'll learn and be able to pass on to the family.
Ron
Son of Ron Macdonald Flying Sgt. 59th OTU RAF (Hurris & Spits, Dieppe raid), Lt. with 346thFS/350thFG North Africa (P-39s). Shot down at Kasserine. Instructor with the 1053 BFTS Randolph, 2138 BU Craig, 2532BU Randolph, & 2543 BU Waco (AT-6s & B-25s).
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RE: Looking for information on my grandfather
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07/19/2007 11:19:06 AM
Tara -
Forum member Ivo de Jong recently wrote the History of the 487BG.
Contact him for Info.
Mike
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RE: Looking for information on my grandfather
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07/19/2007 02:52:15 PM
Hello Tara, Your grandfather arrived at Lavenham on December 28, 1944 and was assigned as 836th Bomb Squadron crew # 19. The crew was as follows: Robert H. Braeunig pilot Benjamin Callison Jr. co-pilot Almon F. Adams navigator William J. Murray radio-operator Walter Turner Jr. engineer Jack F. Kohl gunner James T. Erskine gunner Frank P. Schaul gunner Robert P. Rhoades gunner I suggest you contact Lee Hauenstein, the 487th BG webmaster, for the address of Jim Erskine's son, Tim. Jim passed away last year. Perhaps there are some others still a member of the Association. Do you perhaps have a crewphoto for the website?? www.487thbg.org Best regards, Ivo de Jong
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RE: Looking for information on my grandfather
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07/24/2007 07:14:36 PM
Thank you all for your helpful information!
Proud granddaughter of Capt.Benjamin Callison Jr. May he rest in peace.
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