http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/ 487th Bombardment Group (H) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:28:33 GMT leehauenstein http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/958 The 487th Bomb Group reunion is planned for Phoenix, AZ from October 21 to 25. There is information on the 487th Bomb Group web site (at Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:03:46 GMT Paul Webber http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/957 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/957 There is an error in my last post. B-24 42-52577 exploded after being hit by fire from German fighters. Mea culpa. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:19:55 GMT CANNY http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/956 Hello All, Since evryone is re connecting this old valiant crew My Uncle George Lawley of Maine was at Lavenham for about 2 years He was a Navigator who spent Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:18:00 GMT Paul Webber http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/955 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/955 Hello Charles, I have some information about your cousin Robert L. Wasson. He was copilot on the Joseph P. Willis crew, 838th Bomb Squadron, and went missing Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:59:05 GMT Larry & SallyAnn McChesney http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/954 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/954 How very sad - when people look at these names we don't imagine the faces of "old" men, just young boys - 22, 23, 24....I thought you meant the 838th when Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:08:19 GMT cdjoesten http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/953 Mike- It is a small world indeed. My distant cousin was on that plane as co-pilot, Robert L. Wasson. I have been researching this flight going on a year or so Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:10:25 GMT Mike Opitz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/952 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/952 He already is up there Joseph P Willis, he and his crew were lost at sea on May,24 the 1944 http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/WillisJP.shtml and he was 838 sqd. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:04:25 GMT Larry & SallyAnn McChesney http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/951 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/951 You might want to add your great uncle's name to the KIA/MIA listing on the 487th site. It would be a nice memorial and he'd be in wonderful, proud company.  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:28:10 GMT Mike Opitz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/950 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/950 my great uncle was in the 487th he was killed on the return trip from Poliz Germany. He was 383sqd flying B-24s http://www.487thbg.org/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:41:37 GMT mcchesney1950@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/949 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/949 The search for my Dad's crew and B-17G has been on-going for over 15 years. Ivo has been instrumental in locating the names of Dad's cremembers, but Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:59:49 GMT gypsy3107 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/948 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/948 My dad didn't talk about those times much, only that he flew on B-24's and B-17's. After he passed away back in 1980 my mom kept alot of his stuff in the Sat, 30 May 2009 20:13:13 GMT Paul Webber http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/947 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/947 Hello Jim, I recently visited Dr. Isadore Lerner, who was the Flight Surgeon of the 838th Bomb Squadron at Lavenham. Doc Lerner has a nice photo of your uncle Sat, 30 May 2009 18:37:42 GMT jimsheehan7 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/946 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/946 Greetings, My Uncle was Mj John Hess, (Jack Hess) from Omaha, Nebraska. Are there any members that remeber or knew him? I believe he was there through the end Fri, 22 May 2009 21:03:15 GMT faerywings2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/945 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/945 Do any veterans remember Dominic Cherrone? He was a Radio Operator at Lavenham. Ivo de Jong and Paul Webber trying to find more information. He seems to have Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:45:20 GMT Ivo de Jong http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/944 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wwii487thbombgroup/message/944 Hello, Good to have you 'on board'!! Your dad was a member of the Raymond Dorman crew. The full crewlist was: Raymond D. Dorman pilot Arthur S. O'Connor