Pacific Wrecks Forum

thanks for the info you sent me,ref.:42-40077,thought i would let you know that i did most of the research for tim alexander(he happens to be my best friend)however you were mistaken about the crew.ballou,ingerman,buie were not members of the regular crew of golden,ballou&ingerman were photographers...

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 tha...

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 ...

i have seen three pages(short pages)with notes as to engine serials,some weapons, a breif statement refering to the capture of some of the crew(enemy interogation)and the sgt that recovered some remains.i am sure there is more info out there......bob livingstone,lex maculay had another fellow said t...

can anyone help me get a copy of sqdn.ldr. rundles file pretaining to his finding the crashsite and his teams recover efforts involing"yankee doodle dandy" lost april 12,1944,found december 1,1947....i was told it was in a "section 705".iam also looking for maps of the crashsite with good numbers(th...

depending on your crash,if they didn't find the aircraft or the found it but not all the remains.the government then takes the matter to a court...which then will render a finding.like FOD=finding of dead,Mia=missing(usually they will declare the individial dead and use FOD) note:if they found remai...

does anyone here know which aussie grave unit found and recovered items from the crashsite of yankee doodle dandy(b-24,42-40077,319 sqdn,90 bomb grp).this info was not present in the macr4926.with the proper unit i can order a copy of their diary from the awm.according to the people from the 90th bo...

does anyone here know about the recover of remains,buried near Dondai Villiage of a drowned airman that took place between 1990-1992.it was related to me from a gentleman who's friend seen either an american or aussie team there.not sure if a dogtag bearing the name of william ballou was found here....

i friend in png has told me there are several wrecksites near yankee doodle dandy crashed.including a largly intact plane in a sangoo forrest.....has anyone checked this out.the area in question is between lake sentani and the hollandia airdrome.......does anyone know which aussie war graves unit di...

when do you consider an aircraft to be a wreck or a grave....we all lost a great deal during ww2.but trying to make a call on who's property an aircraft belongs to is a bit short sighted.as many don't consider the people of png didn't ask the japanese or anyone else to come fight there....history be...

B-24 42-64070 was transfered to the RAF as Liberator B.VI BZ974,SOC April 11,1946....if that is any help

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the best sort of info you can get is by going and ordering a missing aircrew report......on april 3,1945 that bomber crashed .......the report # is as follows: MACR13743.........IF YOU DO ORDER IT ,IT COMES IN 2 FORMATS ,a short(7 pages)with just some basic facts or long(some have25+ pages)with eyew...

as to my knowledge it isn't in the macr....crashsite was gone over on december 1, 1947 by the aussie graves reg.the report wasn't closed to later oweing to the whereabouts of jennings.pilot golden was captured then beheaded april 18th,copilot donahue was also captured and beheaded around same time.i...

could anybody tell me which austrlian graves unit searched the wreckage on december 1, 1946.........it has to be more than likely one of the following: 8,16,23,26,31,35........i contacted the AWM...they need the unit so i can get part of their diary