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From:
Jppenningt@aol.com
To: looking4@379thbga.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 8:37 PM
Subject: Looking for a photo from "Shades of
Kimbolton"
I am trying to find a good
copy of the photo on the dedication page of
"Shades of Kimbolton". My grandfather, Jack
Puckett, recieved this plane S/N 42-98733 at
Kimbolton on May 27, 1944 and flew it for many
of his 30 missions. He and his co-pilot were
from Memphis and they named the plane "Miss
Memphis", although based on information in the
379th Anthology, it looks like the name was
later changed to "Silver Dollar".
I have
contacted the publisher of "Shades of
Kimbolton", but was told that they have no
copies of the photo and have no information
regarding where the photo came from. If anyone
can help, please contact me at
JPPENNINGT@AOL.COM.
Sorry, we do not have any of
the photos used for the
Shades of Kimbolton. We will
post your request on the
website. Hopefully, one of
our members has the picture
you are looking4.
Responding4 5/03/02
Mike
Search No. 1057 - Clyde W. Butler
Mission Reports
From: Keith Adams <KAdams7962@aol.com>
To: <looking4@379thbga.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 10:12 PM
Subject: Clyde W. Butler Mission Reports
First of all gentlemen
let me say thank you for all that you have done
for our country. I hope you can help me with my
father in law mission reports. He can't remember
which missions he was on but he told me that he
believe his first mission was on 12-24-44. He
flew 21 combat missions with the 379th Bomb
group from Kimbolton, England. I would
appreciate any information you can give me are
at least if you can lead me in the right
direction. I am trying to find these mission
reports for a father's day gift. Thanks and
always indebted for your service to our country.
Sincerely,
Keith Adams
Keith,
Lt. Clyde W.
Butler, Navigator, was in the
379th Bomb Group and flew
missions with the 526th
squadron from 12/24/44 to
4/17/45. Our records show
that Lt. Butler flew 20
missions, however he could
have flown more. His missions
are listed as follows: 252,
253, 254, 255, 257, 258, 259,
261, 262, 263, 264, 267, 271,
276, 285, 308, 314, 316, 326
and 327.
Responding4
4/23/02
Mike
From: Keith Adams
<KAdams7962@aol.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002
5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Clyde W. Butler
Mission Reports
Thank you for the information
for my father in law. I hope
this info. will recall some
of the interesting aspects of
each mission for him. I can't
believe how quickly you got
the mission reports for me.
You guys truly do great work.
Again THANKS
Keith Adams
Search No. 1055 - B-17
called Lakanuki
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From:
"Ronny Toth"
<ronnytoth@hotmail.com>
To:
<looking4@379thbga.org>
Sent: Thursday, March
28, 2002 4:02 PM
Subject: B-17 no 42-5827
"Lakanuki"
My name is Ronny and i lives
in Trelleborg (Sweden). On january 5 1944 the
B-17 no42-5827 with the name "Lakanuki",
belly-landed outside the village of Skegrie. I
would like some information about the plane and
crew and pehaps a photo before the crash. I have
a bad photo from the crashsite from the lokal
newspaper. It had the registation code LF-Y and
served in 524th bomb squadron.
Ronny,
The 379th Bombardment Group (H) was
assigned aircraft 42-5827 "Lakanuki" and was in
the inventory from 4/24/43 until 5/01/44. This
aircraft was assigned to the 526th squadron
(LF-Y) originally and later the 524th squadron
(WA-Y). On January 5, 1944 mission # 56 to Kiel,
Germany aircraft 42-5827"Lakanuki" was damaged
and forced to land in Sweden. The crew and their
positions are as follows:
Grissom Allen
E. 1st Lt, P, Returned
Phillips John (NMI)
2nd Lt, CP, Returned
Beach John T. 2nd Lt, N,
Returned
Eklund Holger A. 2nd Lt, B, Returned
Havet Hugo W. Jr. T/SGT, RO, Returned
Prochaska James O. T/SGT, TT, Returned
Green
Byron A. Jr. S/SGT, BT, Returned
Sowers
Delmar A. S/SGT, RW, Returned
Kelly Bailey E.
S/SGT, LW, Interned
Hall Robert D. S/SGT, TG,
Returned
Hugo W. Havet Jr. is on the
current 379th BG Association roster. Sorry, we
don't have any pictures of aircraft 42-5827
"Lakanuki". However, it is possible that one of
our members has a picture. We will post your
inquiry on the website.
Responding4
4/3/02
Mike
Search No. 1054 - Dean W. Tate
From: Dennis
Powers, Albion4me@aol.com
To:
looking4@379thbga.org
Sent: Sunday, March
31, 2002 2:56 PM
Subject: information search
Dear Sir:
I am trying to gain information
concerning 1st Lieutenant Dean W. Tate, who
served as a bombardier with the 525th
Bombardment Squadron of the 379th Bomb Group
(H), during World War Two. He was stationed in
Kimbolton, England, and served during the years
1943-1944. I would like to know the missions
he flew, so that I might purchase the loading
lists and/or mission logs from your
association's PX. I would also appreciate
knowing the names of his fellow crewmembers
(especially the name of the pilot as so many
crews go by the pilot's last name).
Thank
you very much for helping me to obtain this
information!!!
Sincerely, Dennis Powers
Dennis,
Lt. Dean W. Tate Bombardier, was in
the 379th BG 525th Squadron and flew 13 missions
with the group from 11/26/43 to 2/8/44. Lt
Tate's crew was one of five replacement crews
that came to the Kimbolton around October 20,
1943. Lt. Dean W. Tate flew the following
missions: 43, 44, 48, 49, 51, 55, 56, 57, 59,
60, 64, 66 and 67.
The following is the
crew and their positions on mission 67 to
Frankfurt, Germany on 2/08/44 on aircraft #
42-29633:
Beam Doris R. -2nd Lt, P, 0-533120,
Chillicothe, TX, POW
Ross Bobb F. -2nd Lt,
CP, 0-683781, Bellingham, WA, Ardennes
Gallagher Eugene H. -2nd Lt, N, 0-809573,
Newark, NJ, POW
Tate Dean W. -2nd Lt, B,
0-679251, Newberg, OR, Returned
Fotonakes
George C. -T/SGT, RO, 31164595, Winthrop, MA,
POW
Lessig William C. -T/SGT, TT, 13124390,
Westchester, PA, Returned
Bernier John F.
-S/SGT, BT, 31280939, Waterbury, CT, Returned
Lissandrello George G. -S/SGT, RW, 32712204,
Forest Hills, NY, POW
Helsel David -S/SGT,
LW, 33297398, Parkers Larching, PA, Returned
Kelly Robert L. -S/SGT, TG, 16089003, Muskegan,
MI, POW
Lt. Dean Tate and S/Sgt. Robert
Kelly were substitutes for the regular crew
members on this mission.
Lt. Dean Tate's
crew members are as follows:
Martin, John R,
2nd Lt, Pilot
Halfen, Charles N, 2nd Lt,
Co-Pilot
Carden, Carl D, 2nd Lt, Navigator
Tate, Dean W, 2nd Lt, Bombardier
McCaffrey, Thomas P, Sgt, Radio Operator/Gunner
Bishop, George G, S/Sgt, Top Turret Gunner
Taylor, Robert L, Sgt, Ball Turret Gunner
Johnson, John H, Sgt, Right Waist Gunner
Kelly, Walter R, Sgt, Left Waist Gunner
Slick, James E, Sgt, Tail Gunner
James
E. Slick and Charles Halfen are on the current
379th BG Association roster. John Martin, Carl
Carden, and John Johnson are on the 379th BG
AssociationsTAPS list.
Lt. John R. Martin
(Fox)was the pilot on aircraft # 42-37784 (The
Old Fox) After Lt. John Martin completed his 25
missions he eventually became the 526th Squadron
Commander (Major John R. Martin) at Kimbolton
till the end of the war.
Responding4
4/02/02
Mike
Search No. 1053 - Howard P. Siegle
From:
Barry Siegle,
SIEGLESX4@aol.com
To: looking4@379thbga.org
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:33 PM
Subject: Can you tell me my Dad's mission
numbers???
Gentlemen:
I would like to
order any/all mission reports that my father
participated in. His name was Howard P. Siegle,
Radioman/gunner on the "RED DRAGON" Pilotted by
Howard H. Hamilton. The dates of E.T.O service
were May/June 1944 to August/September 1944.
Plane crashed on 9 August 1944 in Belgium with
entire crew escaping and evading! Might you be
able to assist me in this matter before I order
the mission reports from you??? Please advise
asap via email as I would like to order reports
from you quickly!!! . Thanks and regards! Barry
Siegle
Barry,
T/Sgt Howard P. Siegle, Radio
Operator/Gunner; flew 16 missions with the 379th
BG 527 Squadron. from 7/06/44 to 8/09/44.
The following are the missions you have
requested: 160, 161, 162, 165, 166, 168, 170,
171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 178, 182, 184, 186.
Responding4 3/29/02
Mike
Search No. 1052 - More on Mattern
From: "Nyssa Hoard"
<borrowedtime@mybluelight.com>
To:
<looking4@379thbga.org>
Sent: Monday, March
25, 2002 7:56 AM
Subject: help?
You
have been such a great help to my sister and me
in investigating my grandfather's past (T/Sgt.
Edwin L. Mattern)..We are writing a novel of his
life and experiences incase we didn't tell you.
At some point we will submit a bit of the story
to you.(when it is finished) He died of Lewibodi
Demensia Feb. 3, 2001. I hope you don't mind the
questions. I was wondering why the mission over
Schweinfurt (#38) is always referred to as 'the
tenth mission'. There is a documentary/ movie
about it (called "The tenth Mission") and my
Grandfather always said it that way as well. It
was only his ninth mission....do you know? And
was it true that this was the only plane that
ALL of the crew became POWs, the pilot landed
the plane before being captured and Edwin was
the only one injured? If you can help thank you.
Sincerely, Nyssa Mattern Hoard
Nyssa,
The missions we refer to are the 379th
BG mission numbers (1-330). There is a
Association for the crews who participated on
the missions to Schweinfurt. The October 14,
1943 Schweinfurt raid is referred to as Black
Thursday, because of the number men who were
lost or missing in action on that mission. There
is allot written on the Schweinfurt missions the
first mission was on August 17, 1943 and the
second was on October 14, 1943 both were very
costly to the 8th Air Corps. We have never heard
the October Schweinfurt raid referred to as 'the
tenth mission'.
Once a crew was shot down
little was known about their injuries other than
deaths or returned to military control due to
medical problem that the Germans were unable
handle. We don't have any records on injuries to
your Grandfather's crew.
POW information
can be obtain through links on the following
website:
http://www.heavybombers.com/
Also
this site has allot of other useful
information.(prisoner of war camps and other
topics of interest)
The 379th BGA is one
of a few that has researched their missions
since being declassified in 1986. The
organization spent many hours in the archives in
Washington DC to copy their mission report files
and make them available to their members.
Thanks, we would appreciate an article about
your story to put in our Contrails publication.
Responding4 3/29/02
Mike
Search No. 1051 - Mattern's
Grandaughter
From: "Nyssa
Hoard" <borrowedtime@mybluelight.com>
To:
<looking4@379thbga.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March
12, 2002 10:22 AM
Hello, I'm a
granddaughter of Edwin L. Mattern. I know my
sister has also requested some info from you. I
was wondering how we could find out how many
missions my grandfather flew. We have some data
that seems to point to at least 5 missions, but
not many details. I do know of the flight over
Schweinfurt on Oct 14, 1943, and that he was
transferred at some point from the 524th to the
525th....I believe around Sept 27, 1943, he flew
over Emden with the 524th this day and in his
letter home he says him and Cihowski (his buddy)
were being transferred to the 525th. His serial
# was 32381614... Any help would be wonderful,
thank you.
Sincerely, Nyssa Mattern Hoard
Nyssa,
Adon R. Reish recently sent in an
inquiry about T/Sgt Edwin L. Mattern. See the
looking4 section #1049 for the response to
Adon's inquiry.
Our records show that
T/Sgt Edwin L. Mattern was in the 379th BG and
flew the first 3 missions with the 524th
Squadron and the last 6 missions with the 525th
Squadron. Our records show that T/Sgt Edwin L.
Mattern flew the following missions: 22, 23, 24,
33, 34, 35, 36, 37 & 38.
Responding4
3/12/02
Mike
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