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kimj
5/30/2009 2:16:22 AM | I am looking for any and all information on tail guner Edward Michael Gormley who died in a mission on May 30, 1944 over Germany. He wasa my father.
Kim Johnson
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EDanaII
5/31/2009 8:45:03 AM | Kim,
This is the best that I can find: the crew of 2nd Lt A.L. Kilmer. Hopefully, others can find more for you later.
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donaldbyers
5/31/2009 11:06:38 AM | Send for you dad's (IDPF) Individual Death Personnel File (Free of Charge) It is also possible he may not have one but no harm in trying.
ARMY CAUSALITY & MEMORIAL OPERATIONS CENTER
U.S. ARMY TOTAL PERSONNEL COMMAND
TAPC-PED
2461 EISENHOWER AV.
ALEXANDRIA, VA 22331-0482
Includ the standard information in your letter: name, rank, serial number, unit, date of death, etc.
Send e-mail to AFHRA/NEWS <AFHRANEWS@MAXWELL.AF.MIL>;
MACR 5304
Aircraft 42-107207 IW-D
MIA 30-May-1944
Include your mailing address. It is also possible they may ask you to send a letter.
Also do you know his service number?
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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jalexander
12/11/2011 10:22:06 AM | My father was James S Alexander. your father and my father were best friends. My father was the right waist gunner. I have several stories that my dad shared with me about Ed and himself. My father explained to me what happened that day that they were shot down. If you would like to know what happened that day, let me know.
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donaldbyers
12/11/2011 5:01:28 PM | Did your father have any B-17 Nose Art Photos or others that we would be interested in? We are always looking from new to our forum or those who join the Assn. Application.
I checked and we have no Crew Photo for you dad's crew might you have one?
Don
Group Historian
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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jalexander
12/12/2011 2:11:33 PM | Just to let you kmow.....my father told us boys that the aircraft that he was in that day had no nose art nor did it have any name on it. Ironically after his pow expirience anr his return to the states...he went to work for Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, Cal.........the same plant that the B-17 that he was shot down in was built. I will try to locate all pics that I have and forward them to you.
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donaldbyers
12/12/2011 6:28:44 PM | Am glad that you mentioned no nose art or name that is a good thing to know.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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kimj
9/22/2015 3:34:47 AM | Thanks to this web page and to the work you all do, I have been able to talk with the son of my father's best friend, Sgt. James Alexander, who was on the plane with my father the day it was shot down. James' son, Jeff, kindly told me the story of what happened, and of the friendship that existed between his father and mine. James Alexander was a true hero and would have died attempting to save my father if he had not been forced out of the plane before he crashed.
My gratitude to Don and everyone else who has keep this web site up and running. It means more than I can ever tell you.
Kim Johnson, daughter of Edward Michael Gormley.
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donaldbyers
9/27/2015 2:09:47 PM | Kim,
Am very happy that you two could get together and talk about your father. Do you think you could put together an article that we could publish in the PFG about your experience?
Don Byers
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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kimj
9/28/2015 9:34:52 PM | I'd be honored. Can you give me more information on the publication, the length and the timing?
Kim
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donaldbyers
9/30/2015 11:40:05 PM | That would be in our Poop From the Group (PFG) newsletter. Oh say 1 1/2 page guess it depends on how much you think you have. I will send you an email copy of the PFG so you will have an idea of the publication.
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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