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msyork
1/17/2010 11:21:52 PM | Since discovering your web site a few weeks ago, I have tried to jog the memories of my dad, John O. York, about his experiences in WWII. He found his copy of "The Blue Book" - "A Pictorial Record of the 401st Bomb Group" and on the inside face page, in his own hand writing, he had listed the members of his crew. His list is almost the same as the listing on this web site with one exception: he had as the Co-Pilot Lt. William M. Madley (Instead of the E.R.Potter listed in this web site.)
If anybody is interested, he also had written full first names - not just initials - of the others. He also mentioned this little tidbit about William Sanders - Ball Turret -- "...we called him 'Short Round Sanders'...."
Let me know if you want more details...
Steve York
Minneapolis MN
Steve York
Minneapolis MN
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donaldbyers
1/18/2010 10:14:28 AM | Just wanted to explain a little bout the database. The database is static which means we can only show a snapshot at one point in time. We can't show each individual mission with the crew that flew it.
We could also use a Crew Photo for this crew if available!
Don Byers
Group Historian
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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msyork
1/24/2010 9:05:46 AM | I understand the difficulty of trying to piece all of this together 60+ years after the fact. Regarding the co-pilot of the John E. Lindsey crew, I noticed that F.R. Potter is also listed as co-pilot of the W.K White crew - inlcuding on mission 223 on 7 March 1945. Obviously F.R. Potter could not have been on both planes at the same time.
Based on my dad's handwritten notes it would seem safe to conclude that William M. Madley was the co-pilot for some (or all) of the missions of the John E. Lindsey crew.
Steve York
Minneapolis MN
Steve York
Minneapolis MN
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donaldbyers
1/24/2010 5:43:28 PM | Based on the documents I have you are correct in your assesment.
Don Byers
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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msyork
3/13/2014 9:22:13 PM | I looked again through the "Blue Book" of the 401st and noticed the picture in the upper right hand corner of the very last page - my dad is the one hunched down in the front row on the far right of the picture!! My dad is now 88 but still sharp enough to confirm that this is indeed a picture of him with the John E. Lindsey crew.
In his own handwriting inside the front cover he had hand-written (in 1946 or 1947) the names of his crew:
"...My Crew...
Lt. John E. Lindsey - Pilot
Lt. William M. Madley - Co-Pilot
F/O James A. Brummett - Navigator
Sgt. Carl F. Warner - Engineer
Sgt. Sam Ippolito - Radio Man
Sgt. Willaim F. Green - Nose Gunner
Sgt. William Sanders - Ball Turret
Sgt. Ellis A Portier - Tail Gunner
Sgt. John O. York - Waist Gunner..."
PS: Please note that his middle initial is "O" as in "Owen"
Steve York
Minneapolis MN
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donaldbyers
3/14/2014 1:23:53 PM | Middle initial has been corrected... Also if your dad can identify those in the photo top row and bottom row left to right.....
Don
Group Historian
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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