Lyle A. Stewart - any info?

Re:Lyle A. Stewart - any info? (LylesDaughter)

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:41:54 GMT

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)

Re:Lyle A. Stewart - any info? (jpeters140)

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:50:55 GMT

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 :-)

Re:Lyle A. Stewart - any info? (Bob Watkins)

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:09:08 GMT

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

Lyle A. Stewart - any info? (LylesDaughter)

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:00:32 GMT

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)
alurerings@msn.com