CREW MEMBER

Posted:
By: BILL HORNBECK
On: 09/02/2006

I BELONG TO ELKS LODGE #2411 IN PORTLAND, OREGON. WE HAVE SEVERAL OF US ON OUR VETERANS COMMITTEE HERE, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS JACK YOUNG. JACK WAS WITH THE 401ST BG. I ASKED HIM A FEW DAYS AGO WHICH ONE, 612SQ HE THOUGHT. JACK IS AS ALL W11 VETS GETTING UP IN YEARS, AND CAN'T RECALL AS MUCH ANY MORE. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS FOR ME? THANK YOU, BILL

Re: CREW MEMBER

Posted:
By: Elmer Cheatham
On: 09/02/2006

Hi Bill, I live in Hillsboro - have been in the area since 1977. I was also in the 401st BG, 615th SQ. I was not acquainted with many of the men from the 612th - did not know Jack. I was a radio operator on the crew of Vince Kaminski. I finished my 30th on May 19, 1944, came home for a little while, then went to India to fly "The Hump" till the war was over.

Re: CREW MEMBER

Posted:
By: Scott McElvain
On: 09/03/2006

If it's the same Jack Young - Look on the references page of this website. His memoirs are listed and it mentions his duty in the 615th........ Met him at some reunions and have a copy myself.