HITTING A STONE WALL
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HITTING A STONE WALL
IN MY SEARCH FOR MORE INFO ON "YANKE DOODLE DANDY"S CREW ,I'VE HIT A STONE WALL.B-24,42-40077,319TH,90TH BG.I HAVE 2 DIFFERENT MACR4926:ONE INCLUDES MESSAGES BACK T BOMB GROUP ORRECTIN SOME INFORMATION....I GOT THEM FROM THE 90TH'S HISTORIAN DATA BASE FROM THEIR MATERIALS AT THE MEMPHIS.I KNOW FROM THESE WHERE THE CREW CAME TOGETHER,WHEN THEY WERE ASSIGNED ,WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN THE 90TH.I CN'T SEEM TO GET THE SQDN LDR RUNDLES FILE PERTAINING TO THE CRASHSITE (FULL REPORT){ DO HAVE A ONE PAGE ENTRY OF SID REPORT},WOULD LIKE TO OBTAIN THE TAXI SEQUENCE SHEET FOR THIS MISSION,AND AN AAR,MORTURY AFFAIRS REPORT ON THE RECOVERY OF REMAINS,SOMEONE HERE SAID THAT JOE MINNICH'S REMAINS WERE INTERNED IN MANILLA, BEFORE THE WERE EBURIED IN KENTUCKY,WHERE THE 6TH FLYING DIVISON HQ (JAPANESSE)WAS LOCATE BETWEEN APRIL12-28,1944,THE ROUTE THAT WAS TAKEN ON THIS MISSION(300 DEGRSS IS ABIT VAUGE),WHEN THEY INCOUNTERED FLAK,WHAT THETRUE LOCATION OF THE CRASHSITE WAS{THE MACR HAS A CRUDE MAP WITH A RATHER LARGE "X",NOMAP REF/LAT&LONG,ONLY 6000' SW OF HOLLANDIA STRIP).ANY AND ALL HELP WOULD BE GREATLY ACCEPTED...EARL
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Since Minnich name is not on ABMC listing-remains must have been receovered-try a Genealogy Forum for his Kentucky hometown.
Try US GENWEB at URL http://www.usgenweb.org/
Try US GENWEB at URL http://www.usgenweb.org/
thank you
joe minnich was from st johns ,ohio,is buried at zachary taylor national cemetery.what i am trying to find out deals with the mission and the recovey of th remains.as joe's great nephew is my best friend(hs grandmother's brother)we hve visited the grave and know about his life before ww2.again i thank you for repling to my post