Info on Joseph R. Kingston and crew

Re:Info on Joseph R. Kingston and crew (Ontherun)

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:45:38 GMT

I have recently received a bunch of records from the National Archives on my grandfather. My father and I had been wondering why there was a giant gap in his service from his first flight on Sept. 15 1943, until his next flight about 2 months later. It turns out he was grounded for "debilitating headaches".

This has lead us to a new question. As stated before, I have a bunch of his loading lists for most of his flights. I am now very interested in specifically his Sept. 15 flight. I have gotten a lot of help here with the information I have, but was wondering if I have left any stones unturned. Are there any other places I might be able to look for this particular set of loading lists? If it helps, his transcripts showed this as a diversionary flight.

Also, a related question. His medical transcripts showed he was grounded after his second flight. His bombing record dose not show any other flights before being restored to flying status. Would it be possible to fly a mission and not get credit for it?

Thanks as always for the help.
Joe Kingston Jr.

Re:Info on Joseph R. Kingston and crew (B-24 Best Web)

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:11:27 GMT

PICs of FLYING WOLVES...
http://www.b24bestweb.com/Pics-F-FLYING_S-FN.htm

Info on Joseph R. Kingston and crew (Ontherun)

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:43:42 GMT

Hello, I am researching information on my grandfather Joseph R. Kingston. He flew with the 93rd BG 330sqd from Sept. 1943 to March 1944. I have received quite a bit of information on my grandfather and his crews. I am looking to see if anyone has any information or photos of his crew mates. The names I have are as follows:
-Williamson, Arthur
-Spaulding, John R.
-Noethiger, Thomas F.
-McAnsh, John W.
-Tercezkevicz, Nicholas
-Byrd, Hardy W.
-Muirhead, Robert A.
-Dawson, Donald L.
- Mahoney, John M.
-Segars, Henry K. (MIA 9-18-44?)
-Sundstrom, Richard C.
-Depke, Robert,
-Hlavaty, Jody B. (POW March 44?)
Most of his loading sheets have shown he flew all of his missions with most of the same crew. Out of the 25 missions he flew, I have been able to confirm he flew at least 10 of them on "Flying Wolves". The only major change was a pilot change in Jan/Feb. of 1944. I have included a list of his credited bombing runs. I am still looking for information, in particular, loading lists for his missions on the following dates:
Sept. 15, 1943
Jan. 21,31 1944
Feb.11,13, 1944
Mar. 11,13, 16 and 29.
I would also be interested if anyone has information on the crew that may have worked on the "Flying Wolves"

Thank you for any interest and information to help me with this project.

Joseph R. Kingston Jr. (grandson)

I would like to publicly thank Don Morrison, Vic Walzel, and Kelsey McMillan for their help in finding huge amounts of information I already have.