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FerryvandenBroek
7/8/2012 11:40:15 AM | Dear all,
first of all i want to apologize for my English. Even with Google Translate it is difficult to write a post on this forum. So I hope you can understand the post.
I am from Holland and with the start of 2012 I adopted an grave on Margraten War Cemetary. Actually, it is not a grave but a name on The Walls of The Missing. The name that I have adopted is the name of Waistgunner SSGT Forrest R. Cope. He was a member of 614th Bomb Squadron and died on December 11th in 1943. In May I started a search for Forrest and it sounds maybe strange but i really would like to know this man better.
My results of my search for this men are visible for everybody on my blog. I write the things that i find in letters to Forrest.
Thanks to this site I can find a lot of information about the 614th and Forrest. But I really want to know if there is someone who can give me more information. Is there maybe somebody on this forum who has connections with people on his old airplane? ( /Site/history/crew.asp?cid=12271)
You can read the blog on this site: Sergeant Cope Forrest R. Just an name on the walls of the missing? http://oorlogsbrieven.blogspot.nl/2012_ ... chive.html
I hope you can help me!
Thank you.
Greetings,
Ferry van den Broek
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FerryvandenBroek
7/8/2012 11:47:54 AM | Oh,
and I have an other question. I wrote now letters about him in the army. I would also like to write letters to him about about who he was. Where he came from, what his character was. All in tribute to this man. Therefore I probably got in contact with his relatives. But I don't know how to feel about it. What if his family doesn't want that I contact them? Who can tell me of relatives would appreciate this or would you advise me to stay away from them?
Ferry
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donaldbyers
7/8/2012 6:27:41 PM | First let me Thank You for caring of those who have given their all for for the cause!!
I find nobody with the last name of Cope in our current 401st BG directory. I will look and see if I can find any of his crew listed.
Rick Kaufman may know someone!! I will make him aware of this post.
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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rick_kaufman
7/8/2012 7:26:17 PM | I can assist with this one and will contact FerryvandenBroek via email.
This is the ONE lost crewman from my Dad's first crew that I do know something about. I did some searching on the internet and eventually contacted Forrest Cope's brother. I will get back in touch and make sure it is OK to forward information on prior to posting and sending email...
Rick Kaufman
(son of Richard H. "Dick" Kaufman, Pilot, 614th Squadron)
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