bldaz
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Hello
My father was a piolt in WW2, 8th AF, 714 Bomb squad; 448 Group. That is most of what I found from his Military docs. His name is/was Dee L. Johnson Jr. If you could direct me that would be great. Anyway I would love to hear about anything related to this or see pictures on anything about that crew. I have a son and I would like to tell him about his grandfather, he never got to see him. Thank you, plese feel free to email me anytime. I have posted the pictures on this site and named the heading "8th Air Force, 448 BombGroup 714 squadron" Bruce bldaz@msn.com
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shooshoobaby
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Bruce -
You might want to post his Name and any other Info
you have.
Mike
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Sincerely, PA.Dutchman
Son of T/Sgt. Ray "Bud" Heilman 11 TH F. A. 1937-40 Schofield Barracks 11 TH BGH 42 Sq.1940-45 Hickam 12/7/1941 USAAC Armorer 911 P.U.C.
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Bruce, a place to start on the pictures is right here. At the top, click on the link for " Photo Galleries ". You can start your own gallery there, and post his pics. You may also want to start a free account on a place like PhotoBucket.
SHAEF1944 American Veterans Museum
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bldaz
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Thanks Shaef1944!
Done and done I will slog through anything else I find and post it here also.
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10 April, 1944 To 714th Squadron:
2nd Lt William W. Blanck P O-808340
2nd Lt Dee L. Johnson CP O-684740
2nd Lt William Carlson B O-814246
2nd Lt Joseph (nmi) Risovich N O-754852
S/Sgt James A. Chambers 1416246
S/Sgt Joseph E. Harney Jr 11111620
Sgt John B. Barker 18215974
Sgt John L. Burns 37380177
Sgt Stanley Pasternak 32326895
Sgt James R. Tune 38428344
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bldaz
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Donall hello,
Was this the planes members? how and where do you find this information please.
Thank you very much
Bruce
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donall
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Bruce - Anyone genuinely interested in the 448th Bomb Group must access the following: Brett, Jeffrey E. The 448th Bomb Group(H): Liberators over Germany in World War II. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-7643-1464-5 This is the most definitive resource, I own. However, I could find no further mention of your Dad and the crew which I listed, other than it does appear all survived the war. The airmen which I listed were assigned as an entire crew at that date. I am certain this crew, or any other crew for that matter, did not remain intact throughout it's missions.
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bldaz
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Thanks donall,
I just purchased the book from Amazon. I had read about the very same book the other day that it was said to be a very nice book on the B24. I appreciate you help.
Yes he did make it through all sorties. I have no idea who was with him. He stayed with the Army Air Corp after the war, but my uncle said he wasnt the same. I dont know he seemed fine to me.
Thanks Bruce
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Bruce -
One of our on site members, "tlcopp", has compiled a majority of the 448th's Mission Reports.
If you review this information dated beyond his being assigned to the 448th, you will be able to find your Dad on some crew lists. These may indicate his participation and assignment on various missions. This may be somewhat time consuming, but I believe it will be very rewarding.
The first mission I found for the "Blanck Crew" was 04MAY44 and the first listing for "DLJ / Copilot" was 06JUNE44.
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I sent Burce an email I found them flying on May 7,8,9,11,31 and June 1. I was amazed that it looked like they were flying every day. My grandfather who did not get there untill Aug 44 really only flew about twice a week for the most part.
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