Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Clarksburg Ohio's Lt. Jack Morris and Lt. Thomas Pearce fly B-24 missions over Europe on the same day


May 7, 1942: Lee Dunkel enlists in the Army Air Force

May 7, 1943: Charles Crabb (12th Bomb Group) arrives the ETO. Gerald Bethel is attending radio school at Miami University - Oxford, Ohio. John Kirkwood Jr. enlists in the U.S. Navy

May 7, 1944: Jack Morris (392nd Bomb Group) flies his 22nd bombing mission over Munster, Germany. Thomas Pearce (487th Bomb Group) flies his first bombing mission to Liege, Belgium. The B-24 pictured was one of the aircraft Pearce flew on during World War II.

May 7, 1945: Roy Hawkins, attached to the 463rd AAA is stationed near Pilsen, Chechoslovakia.

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  1. I'm trying to find John Kirkwood or his family; they used to reside at 447 Laurel St. in Chillicothe. I have letters that he wrote my mother during the war. Kathi Godber --- kgodber@cinci.rr.com

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