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  Jean cowburn June 13, 2016 at 8:26am

  Hi Sue, I am on FB and will look at the link you sent. I have seen some pictures from Carl Booth's kin who visited the crash site and other sites in Europe last summer. His niece created a shutterfly photo book about her search for information about her uncle and sent me a copy. I will send her a link to this site.
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  Jean cowburn June 4, 2016 at 6:18am

  Thank you for the warm welcome. My mother's husband Carl H Booth was lost in this raid. After the war she married my father ( he also served in WWII) but always spoke highly of Carl. If the past few years my sister and I have been in contact with his family.
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  Lindsay Molnar March 17, 2016 at 1:21am

  Hi Sue, 

  Thanks for the Facebook link - I have asked to join the group. You are correct, George Molnar is my grandfather. Mark Molnar is my father. My dad had mentioned the Dayton events to me and I found this site seeking more information. If the dates work, we may see you in Dayton. 

  Lindsay Molnar 
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  Joe Finn November 12, 2015 at 1:05pm

  No, but a good friend's father did.  94th BG, 332 sqdn, B-17 f 4231013.
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  Mary Ella Holloway June 25, 2015 at 4:21am

  My father was Lt. Albert G. Hamel. We believe he was part of the 305th. I have many pictures and the names of some of the men he flew with. I hope to add more information later.
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  Aaron Raines May 25, 2015 at 11:37am

  Hello Sue,
  
  Its a pleasure to meet you. Yes, that's right.  Ernest Raines - "Ernie" to his war buddies - was my grandfather. We believe the plane he was on when he was shot down was Yo-Yo (we are certain his crew had that plane at some point, but are not 100% certain that was their plane on October 14) piloted by William Byrne. In his memories he indicates he was the right waist gunner rather than the left (a fairly insignificant distinction to be sure) although I have found records that indicate he was the left. I'm sorry to say he passed away in June of last year, and that he was the last surviving member of his crew.
  
  Fortunately for us he had made good use of his war journal during his time as a POW, and drew upon that to write a book just a few years ago. Based on that I think we have a pretty good understanding of his experiences, but I certainly want to know all that I can! I came to this site in part hoping that I might be able to connect with the families of some of the members of his crew. I would like to make sure that we get them a copy of the book.
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  JAMES GILL April 30, 2015 at 8:49am

  My Uncle John Drennan was the radio operator on the Queen Jeannie.  I'm hoping to get a link to MACR 820. I really would like to know if they delivered their payload before being shot down.
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  Chrysta Ellis October 8, 2014 at 5:51pm

  Hi Sue,

  I found this group, the other day, while researching Black Friday.  I knew the anniversary of the day that my grandfather was shot down and taken POW, was looming and I was in search of other stories, from that day.  After finding and joining this group, I alerted my Aunt Kris, to its existence.  I am a little disappointed that I had not known about SSMA years ago; as, I was stationed in Germany during the groups reunion there, in 2004.
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  Kristy A. Kelnhofer October 8, 2014 at 5:12am

  Sue, my profile photo is my father, T/SGT. Dale C. Ellis. He was a radio operator on the 'V Packet'..a last minute replacement for the original RO for the mission on Black Thursday. They crashed near Rheims, and he was held as a POW in Stalag 17 for almost 2 years. Ironically, as he was flying this mission, it was still October 13th in the states...his birthday.
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  Albert Hamel July 1, 2014 at 1:41pm

  Sue, my fathers name is 2nd Lt. Albert George Hamel, we did find photos of cities he dropped bombs on.  St Lo, Berlin, Keil, Peterborough, Bolen, Hamelin, Frankfurt, Leige, Gelsenkirchen,Brussels, Hogan, Harns,Munich, Schweinfurt.

  thanks,

  Albert Hamel