Re: Mrs Aldaflak may have been Section 8

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                                        <b>Posted:</b><br>
                                        <b>By: </b><a href='mailto:win-z@juno.com'>Win Bryson</a><br>
                                        <b>On: </b>04/02/2005 <br>
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                                    <td style='vertical-align: top;'>Patrick:<br><br>You may be able to answer your questions 'from the other, albeit long, way around':<br><br>1. With your Dad's list of Missions flown, and<br>2. The original 401BG Mission Reports in the National Archives (College Park, Md.); <br>3. You could request copies, for each of your Dad's missions, of their:<br> - 'Loading Lists'(lists, by Squadron, with A/C Serial Number/Crewmen's names flying); and<br> - 'Formation Plan'(layout, by Squadron, listing the Pilot, A/C Squadron ID (IY-J (615SQ) or SC-0 (612SQ)), and (last 4-digits of the) A/C Serial Number - in the formation 'placement' in formation that day. <br>4. And since Crews didn't fly 'their airplane' on all their missions, this could:<br>- Confirm which Squadron your Dad was in; and<br>- ID Which A/C your Dad flew, and when.<br><br>It also may answer if there is one or two aircraft involved (at the time your Dad was flying). As Don Byers notes, some A/C changed squadron assignment (and Sq.ID (IY-J to or from SC-0)), but if it's one A/C, it certainly couldn't fly in 2-Squadrons on the same Mission. <br><br>This info may or may not 'solve' the A/C's name (or names), though. <br><br>And after all that, there are some caveats:<br>- Not all Mission REports have all the same information - the earlier reports seem to not have as much detail as the later ones; and<br>- There are some errors in the official records, too. As Norm Sisson and I found out recently, the official Politz Mission Report had his (and another Crew) A/C 'swapped': in the 'Loading List' it was one way and in the 'Formation Plan' the reverse.<br><br>It also may pay to contact the 401BG Historian, Dale Anderson - I just don't know what info he has or has available.<br><br>But reardless, there's lot of info 'out there' so Good hunting! <br> <br><br> <br> <br><br><br></td>
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