Re:Add'l Info or pictures requested (MB0427)

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:58:32 GMT

Cris,
Only Lt. Ralls and three of his "usual" crew members were aboard the A/C , Borman, Mann and Salsgiver. I will have to dig into why and which was the "usual" crew that Lt. Thompson was in.
It is thought that Lt. Thompson was badly wounded and they put a parachute on him and pushed him out of the A/C in hopes the German's would take care of him. The A/C crashed into the North Sea and there were no survivors.
I do not know exactly what info you have. I have the mission report, Navigational report, etc, which I can send you via email. I also have a couple photos of "Casey Jones" taken inflight before they went down in my member photo album of the 94th BG on this site. The A/C in the rear center in two photos is their A/C. You can go to fold3.com and search 11 November 1943 for some higher resolution photos of the mission.
Send me a "private message" with your email address and I can send you documents.
Regards, Marc

Add'l Info or pictures requested (cristhompson)

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:49:23 GMT

Looking for anything additional I can find out - my grandfather Lt John Thompson was a member of the 332nd/94th. He was in the B-17G 'Casey Jones' 42-39812 shot down on 11 Nov 1943. I have some material (including the MACR) but nothing further. I know the rest of the crew was lost in the crash but family lore tells me that he might even have been subbing in on that crew the day he was shot down anyway.

Looking for anything that can be found - was he on another crew and, if so, which one? Does anyone have any pictures of the Casey Jones they could share?

Thanks in advance for any help!