http://forum.armyairforces.com/(c) ArmyAirForces30The 445th Bomb Group has a new website address to replace the original site: New URL: http:\\www.445BG.org (available now; undergoing updates) Old URL: http:\\www.445th-Bomb-Group.com (available until 12/31/2http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=163488Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:05:33 GMTMike and Mike: Thanks for all your help. Georgehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161823Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:21:02 GMTGeorge: According to the Navigator's debrief (2Lt Castles), they were on the bomb run and about two minutes away from bombs away when they were hit. Their target that day was the Rothensee Oil Refinery. That refinery is still in ophttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161807Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:49:52 GMTGeorge - Just a FYI Bits and Pieces Lists Rothausen? with the Question Mark. Hopefully Mike can pin it down. Mikehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161785Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:40:16 GMTMike: Thanks, for the information and quick response. One more question for you. Do you have a location where the aircraft went down ? Regards Georgehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161774Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:28:27 GMTGeorge: I just completed a personal mission history for the brother of John Cicchetti, the Flight Engineer on Richard Winter's crew. I also got the MACR (12882) for that mission to Madgeburg on March 3, 1945. I was able to make outhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161766Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:33:52 GMTHi, Looking for information on Flanzer, Charles P. O-886643, 2LT, 703 BS, KIA 3 Mar 45. The MACR 12882 shows him as a "nose turret navigator". Don't know what that is. Help ? I am also interested in any information about the crewhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161752Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:05:29 GMTRick, Good deductions. Station 144 was Old Buckenham. The 453rd website, at http://www.453rd.com/, has the group's original unit history, "Liberator Men of Old Buc" available as a free .pdf download. You may well find some information there. You canhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161073Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:18:53 GMTOriginally I posted the note below on the 453rd forum, but I'm also posting here due to the Jimmy Stewart connection. Please note the middle initial is G, not J. Any information anyone has that could help us confirm Eugene's group or squadronhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=161024Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:46:26 GMTHi Steven, Thank you for your time and answers. Most of the pictures in the presentation were 445th pictures from the squadron albums at the old base at Tibenham, Eng. The Norfolk Gliding Club now maintains the airstrip and one of the buildings, with thhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160452Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:40:37 GMTLinda, Good morning from rain-drenched AA! Yes, it is an actual photo, and, I've attached the same again, which may be a little clearer. It is from the USAFM Collection in Dayton, OH and appears in almost every book and/or Sitehttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160323Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:29:05 GMTLinda, Good evening! Often times it is the questioning, the "what ifs," the confusion, the facts being presented from different points of view (sorta like 3 or 4 people seeing the same accident and then giving a police reporhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160167Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:08:21 GMT As an Historian, what I personally took away from the event, was the "mystery," controversy, blame, missing-parts-of-the-puzzle, etc. that still surrounds the mission even today! Steven, Whttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160166Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:55:10 GMTSteven, This is an actual photo? I was at dinner tonight with my mother and sister and we enlarged it. Wow! What a shot! I've seen paintings like this, but no real photos. Where did this come from?http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160165Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:50:45 GMTSteven, On the kasselmission.com website, go to Facts and Stats on the left side of the page where the menu is. then you will see 2 links--one is for the planes (Tom Brittan, bless his heart, updated our list), the other for participants in the raidhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160163Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:29:04 GMTLinda, Iconoclastic pic about which I spoke attached. Best Regards! Stevenhttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160103Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:59:49 GMT"As far as the Ploesti mission goes, we have a couple of 445th diary entries about that mission, if that would help your Cause." Linda, Yes, I would be most appreciative! I will be updating ahttp://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160057Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:31:56 GMTSteven, May we have permission to post your comments on the Kasselmission.com website under Speakers' Bureau comments?http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160045Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:17:19 GMTDear Steven, Thank you so much for your eloquently phrased thoughts. Saturday night's event was an absolute delight. The discussion after the official presentation pulled together so many ideas and experiences from other areas of WWII, yet http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160032Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:27:35 GMTOn Saturday evening, 06SE08, I had the pleasure of attending a presentation and symposium on the "Kassel Mission" of 27SE44 in which only 4 Libs returned of the 35 deployed. Since I am currently doing further research on the 01AU43, B-http://forum.armyairforces.com/fb.ashx?m=160020Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:11:40 GMT