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I had the negative of Miss -I- Hope developed but don't have enough posts to put it up on this site yet. I put it up on the B-24bestweb group on facebook if you are on there. Or reach me through the email on my son's web site: kurtshistoricsites.com

Aha, I found the answer to tail number 165 that my uncle flew in to Cairo and the A/C # 279 that he flew on in the first manifest that you posted. They are both the same ship the Swamp Angel. I found the explanation online as follows: "The 165 for Swamp Angel is the manufacturing block...

Thanks, his diary entries for both of those days are very short. September 2, "Milk run to Nise, Bulgaria." November 5, "Wade came get us out of bed for a special mission. It was a softie to Jugoslavia. That night they told me I was grounded but I couldn't believe it until I saw the official...

The manifest is great. My uncle did fly that flight with "Old Bill" Disbrow. His diary states that Disbrow was a good pilot but was a flak magnet and always brought back the most shot-up ship in the squadron. For some reason, my uncle joined him for his last mission, which of course, many...

Ha, I could picture your family falling like a stack of dominoes over the ages ala Lt. Dan. My uncle did fly on August 28th to what he has listed as bridges in northern Italy. His diary mentions that it was Old Bill Disbrow's last mission and that he went along as his ball gunner. I do have a...

Hello, My uncle was a ball turret gunner in WWII on the ship Multa Bona and I am looking over some of his photos and military items as he recently passed away. There was a negative of him and two other gentlemen in front of the Miss-I-Hope and I went to a photography store today to have a...