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Lyle A. Stewart - any info?

My father was Lyle Alton Stewart.  I know he served with the 460th because I have his leather jacket with name badge and Panther patch, all in leather, and other items.
 
He would never talk about his service, and I am just curious if anyone out there remembers him, or knows any information about his service years.  The one thing he did mention is that he was a 'Ball-Gunner', and he received a Purple Heart for being shot in the posterior region, he joked about that once in a while, and he talked about Italy a little bit.
 
He returned home safely, met my mother and had one child.  Studied Architecture at USC in Pasadena - my home town.  Became a successful City Planner on the West Coast, and moved to Oregon in 1966.  Never could quit working, but "semi-retired" to Lincoln City on the Northern Oregon Coast in the early 90's - my mom still lives there.
 
I signed him up for the 460th Bomb Group Ass'n. in 1998 - just ran across the membership card, but he was not interested in any contact apparently - he gave me the pins back right before he passed away in 2000.  His member number is 358-762.
 
I just want to know a little bit about his service years, so that I may honor his memory more fully, as he declined to talk about that time.
 
Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read this -
Lynnel V. Lupini (Stewart)
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    Bob Watkins
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    Lynnel,

    Don't know if this will help you but someone recommended
    the following book to me some back;

    '460th Bomb Group History'
    LCCN: 96096559
    Publication Date: 1996
    Authors: Duane L. & Betty J. Bohnstedt
    Publisher: Taylor Publishing, Dallas Texas

    If you get a chance it would be great if you could
    post an image of your dad's 460thBG jacket insignia.

    Good luck with your search.

    Bob
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    Lynnel...Another book woud be "Bloody Skies" by Melvin McGuire and Robert Hadley...while it is written by  a B-17 waist gunner, the stories of life in Italy are pretty much the same....heating the tents with a gasoline homemade stove made from a 55 gallon drum.

    McGuire was in the 2nd BG (B-17) near Foggia.

    Another book, if you can find it would be "Target Ploesti- A View from the Bomb Sight" by Leroy Newby ...460th BG. A hint...check you local Public Library.

    Jim :-)

    James S. Peters Sr. T/Sgt B-17 Flt Engr, 27 missions 99 BG, 348BS, 5th Wing, 15th AAF Tortorella, (Foggia#2), Italy My Tour was from 12/03/44-06/19/45 M/Sgt USAF (Retired)
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    Thank you both, Bob and Jim, for your swift replies!
     
    I am having trouble attaching a picture, so I have made a little album at PhotoBucket.  There are two pictures of the jacket and patches, as well as a formal picture of my dad, and a funny one with him clowning around in a wrecked plane, pretending to be dead.  Here's the link:
     
    http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb154/Pixel1959/LyleStewart/ 
     
    Thanks again guys, I really appreciate the info, and am on the trail of the books you mentioned.
    Lynnel V. Lupini (Stewart)
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