http://forum.armyairforces.com/(c) ArmyAirForces30Mary, is he Curtis A. Judy JUNIOR from Tuscawaras County Ohio ? If so, the link below from NARA shows at least a partial record ( enlistment ), but shows enlisted 10-42. Maybe enlisted or drafted that date, but did nohttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185289Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:36:16 GMTI am trying to locate information about my uncle's war experience. His records were destroyed (along with many others) and so I only know that he served as a ball turret gunner near the end of the war in Europe. He enlisted in 1943 and was ashttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185281Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:13:53 GMTCan you register with Armyairforces.com? I will be able to send you some private messages -direct- that will not be of any relevance to the other people on the board. regards Sealanderhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185136Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:58:15 GMT1st Lt. Earl Horr was the pilot..I had contact with his family,but lost track of it..Can you be of help contacting them? John Robertshttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185129Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:06:41 GMTSealander, My dad William R. Roberts,was co-pilot on the Irongut Gurt, POW for 21/2 years. He passed away in 1980. Any info you can share,would be nice..Thanks, John Robertshttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185127Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:59:24 GMTDoes anyone know if pilot William Butler is still alive? Trying to locate family members of Wayne L Maloney his RO .http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185092Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:35:42 GMTHi Andy, Please contact me regarding the infomation you are looking for. michellemacuk@charter.net http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185078Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:47:02 GMTIt appears that your father was on the same ship as my grandfather, Sgt. Christian Langolf, for the Antwerp raid. All I have been able to glean from the records is that this was the only mission my grandfather flew on before the unfortunate Ridgewehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185077Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:29:17 GMTIt appears that your father was on the same ship as my grandfather, Sgt. Christian Langolf, for the Antwerp raid. All I have been able to glean from the records is that this was the only mission my grandfather flew on before the unfortunate Ridgewehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=185076Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:28:44 GMTAlthough not as exciting as actual photo's, I've added a new folder in the 381st photo album titled "Documents." I've included a handful of documents dealing with crew members of the 381st including 2 page crew assignment documents prior to being ahttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184999Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:06:25 GMTHope this is not to late but my father flew with Mr. Hirsch. His name is Frederick W. Perkins Jr. He was the top turret gunner and flight engineer. Frederick W. Perkins SFC, USA Retiredhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184995Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:25:24 GMTOn Wednesday February 17th 2010 I visited , for the first time,the Mighty Eighth Museum in Savannah,Ga which was a very inspiring experience. I took many photos ,one being of the plaque commemorating the service of the 381st B.G which was based in Rhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184911Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:28:19 GMTThe 381 has Clarence R. Greene, (my Dad), listed as a ground crewman. He was a tailgunner for many missions. Does anyone have a memory of this? Did he fly in the Tinker Toy? He was injured in accident when a bomb was released during loading, ahttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184705Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:36:14 GMTI posted up a photo of Egg Haid's nose section in the Nose Art photo album the other day. I found the picture in and amongst what I brought home from visiting my grandfather a couple weeks back. http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184534Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:36:45 GMTI was looking at this site tonight. My friends father, Ralph Gillham, was a bombardier on this plane and flew 30 missions. Pictures of the plane were included in his funeral today. If you look at Facebook and list his name you can see thttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184496Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:44:31 GMTZe Germans report this about Hustedt: Note: The other two losses of the 535th Season were the two B-17 pilot with the Second Lt. Henry Hustedt, and Second Lt. Charles H. Downey. The machine of Hustedt, 42-31696, crashed at 14:00 clock, seven hundredhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184486Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:53:32 GMTMy grandfather referenced the Hustedt crew loss in his diary 66 years ago today. Unfortunately, I have no further information about it, because his main concern in that entry was the Lee Smith crew, which he was scheduled to be flying with, and washttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184484Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:39:21 GMT Hello Here some pics of Sweet Patootie parts i found the bottle of oxygen after the decease of my dad (in 2004) it was hidden in his workshop since 1944...(planehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184423Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:39:02 GMTI'm sure some of you may have seen one of these, but I found it to be an interesting document in and amongst what I've been going through in my grandfather's 381st documents. Below is a copy of his mission log. It's has ahttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184398Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:33:07 GMTfriend recently completed a B-17F model kit which he lettered as 42-30015--"Flying Hobo" of the 533rd BS. A photo of the original plane and the model are shown below. 42-30http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=184361Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:28:12 GMT