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| '''Walts Daughter''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>8/6/2010 1:54:59 PM 
| Hi:<br/> <br/> Will try to make a long story short... I am a WWII historian, have a website, forum, and recently produced a documentary, No Bridge Too Far, which was released this summer. My area of expertise is - combat engineers, with specific emphasis on VI Corps, the 36th, 39th, 540th (my dad's unit), and the 1108th Engineer Regiments. Now here's how this ties in with your site and the forum...<br/> <br/> I have been corresponding with a veteran by the name of H.E. "Tom" Harvey, 36th Combat Engineer. In a recent letter, he shared the story of his friend, William R. Mooney. He and Bill enlisted on 10, Nov, 1942 at Fort Smith. He goes on to say, "545 days later, his B-17 on 9 March, 1944, in a flight of three B-17's, were returning from a mission to Marienberg, East of Berlin. Three FW 190's shot the nose off of Mooney's 17, and three witnesses on two sister 17's saw Mooney's 17 crash in to the Baltic Sea, three miles off German Soil - No Survivors!"<br/> <br/> He further states, <br/> <br/> "So on 19-07-2010 I received the ten (10) man crew's records (IDPF) Individual Deceased Personnel Files, 300 pages..from Kentucky's Fort Knox."<br/> <br/> "I am figuring to try to find help to review these records and then fix a story. Any suggestions?"<br/> <br/> "One of the crew T/Sgt Norell - was from Clemens, MI. The others were from Montana, Idaho, Washington, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Dakota, North Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas."<br/> <br/> "The records include letters from the families pleading for various reasons, and oh so pitiful, which brings tears!!"<br/> <br/> Sincerely, <br/> H.E. "Tom" Harvey<br/> <br/>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki>  <nowiki>--</nowiki> <br/> <br/> I then wrote back to Tom and told him to send me everything, and I promised I would find the "right" people to share this with. So today I typed "b-17 42-38162" into the Google Search Engine, and he I am. <br/> <br/> I am just beginning to go through each file. Right now it would appear there are a few files missing. I am copying information from your main site, and will asterisk the men I DO have files for:<br/> <br/> 	Crew Members<br/> 	 <br/>  	 	*Pilot	1st Lt	 W.R.	 Dawes Jr.	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	*Copilot	2nd Lt	 J.D.	 Pratt	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	*Navigator	2nd Lt	 J.A.	 Schuberg	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	*Bombardier	2nd Lt	 R.M.	 Van Noy	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	*Radio Operator	T/Sgt	 W.L.	 Brown	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	Engr / Top Turret	T/Sgt	 O.A.	 Norell	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	*Ball Turret Gunner	T/Sgt	 L.M.	 La Fountain	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	Tail Gunner	S/Sgt	 R.A.	 Gentry	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	*Waist Gunner	S/Sgt	 W.R.	 Mooney	      MIA	 	 	 <br/>  	 	*Waist Gunner	S/Sgt	 A.C.	 Aronson	      MIA<br/> <br/> Among the paperwork within these files are:<br/> <br/> Battle casualty reports, letters to the families, finding of death of missing person, physical examination for flying, amongst others. <br/> <br/> A real treasure trove of material, which I am sure you would be happy to get your hands upon.<br/> <br/> I have to call him and find out whether he wants me to hand these over to you, or for me to make copies first.  Regardless I want to send all materials to you, so please get in touch with me. Nothing would make Tom more happy, than to know I have succeeded on my "mission".<br/> <br/> Warmly,<br/> Marion J Chard<br/> Proud Daughter of Walter "Monday" Poniedzialek<br/> 540th Combat Engineer<br/> [http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com] <br/><br/>Marion Chard<br/> Proud Daughter of Walter Poniedzialek<br/> 540th Combat Eng WWII<br/> http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com<br/>  <br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>8/6/2010 3:53:57 PM 
| Thank you for posting on our web site. Of course we would love to have the information you mentioned. I would be happy to assist you.  You can contact me at [|historian@401bg.org]<br/> <br/> Don Byers<br/> Group Historian<br/> <br/> Donald Byers<br/> 5617 96th Street<br/> Lubbock, TX  79424 <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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| '''Walts Daughter''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>8/6/2010 5:18:04 PM 
| <span style='font-size: 150'>I look forward to talking with you. I know Tom will be very pleased, and probably very surprised I got it done so quickly, seeing how I just received the documents yesterday.<br/> <br/> I will send you an email, and we can take it from there. I just tried to call him, but no one was at home. <br/> <br/> Glad these documents will have found a new home and can be shared with and appreciated by many.<br/> <br/> Here's to the crew of that B-17! </span> <br/><br/>Marion Chard<br/> Proud Daughter of Walter Poniedzialek<br/> 540th Combat Eng WWII<br/> http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com<br/>  <br/> 
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| '''Walts Daughter''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>8/6/2010 5:29:15 PM 
| I will add your site to mine this evening. <br/><br/>Marion Chard<br/> Proud Daughter of Walter Poniedzialek<br/> 540th Combat Eng WWII<br/> http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com<br/>  <br/> 
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| '''Walts Daughter''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/NoAvatar.gif' /></div><br/>5/16/2014 10:12:15 AM 
| Just happened to stop by today, after receiving a phone call from someone who saw this post. Got to wondering, did you ever post the information on the site, that I sent to you? Would love to see it.<br/> <br/> All the best, <br/><br/>Marion Chard<br/> Proud Daughter of Walter Poniedzialek<br/> 540th Combat Eng WWII<br/> http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com<br/>  <br/> 
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| '''donaldbyers''' <br/><br/><div class='poster-info'><img src='/public/Attachments/ForumNew.MainPage/donaldbyers.jpg' /></div><br/>5/17/2014 9:54:37 PM 
| We haven't made it possible at this time to be able to add such documents to individual members of the 401st BG.  We have to get to the Wiki Stage where that can be done and we are not there yet.  This is my understanding.<br/> <br/> Don <br/><br/>Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.<br/> 
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