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02-28-2006, 01:49 PM
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| Ploesti B-24s Anyone have any pix of B-24D's of the 44th BG in Benghazi? My father was pilot of "Southern Comfort" on Ploesti raid. Leon Johnson's group. Thanks.
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02-28-2006, 02:05 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Have you looked at the 44th BG aassociation website? http://www.44thbombgroup.com/
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02-28-2006, 02:26 PM
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| Sure have, but no luck finding one of my father's plane. Thanks.
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02-28-2006, 02:29 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| If you contact the association, someone in the group might have photos. Just a thought...
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02-28-2006, 02:36 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| I found this: http://www.b24bestweb.com/southerncomfort-v1-1.htm
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02-28-2006, 02:47 PM
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| the old Sage   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| why on this earth have you not tried the 44th bg association, and I do not mean online web-site which is not usually run by the assocaition bg rep and staff but by familie's ? go to : www.armyairforces.com join the forums and ask in the heavy bombers section and in fact go through the site real slowly and familiarize yourself with the site as there are pertinent question areas per each bomb group in all the US forces located there. you may get a straight up answer from one of the 44th bg vets or even the bg association rep. good luck E ~ I know a couple of 44th bg pilots and crewmen by the way none on the Ploesti kick butt raids
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02-28-2006, 03:09 PM
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02-28-2006, 03:17 PM
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| I'm new to this board, so don't know how to respond to a specific post, but the "Southern Comfort" picture evanglide posted is either the second or third B-24 to be so named. My father's was a D model -- no nose turret. BTW, all "SC" were shot down. Bad luck name, I guess.
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02-28-2006, 03:45 PM
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03-01-2006, 12:06 PM
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| HI !!! I've found these only. http://www.b24bestweb.com/southerncomfort-v2.htm http://www.b24bestweb.com/southerncomfortiii3.htm http://www.b24.mach3ww.com/new/socomfort.htm http://www.308thbombgroup.org/ahm_st...m_southern.jpg regards
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01-07-2007, 12:18 AM
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| Southern Comfort Picture Quote:
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01-07-2007, 06:22 AM
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01-29-2007, 05:09 PM
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| My grandfather CMSGT Glenn C Hickerson was tailgunner on the first Southern Comfort which was lost over Italy. I still have the model B-24D that my dad made him ~45 years ago. I'm looking for any pics or info I can find about her. I'm literally crying right now. I have not seen any pictures of this plane in over 20 years! I'm just now getting to the internet to research the 8th AF and 44th BG.. I'm so glad I found this forum. Thanks in advance, Robbie Hickerson Last edited by RHickerson; 01-29-2007 at 05:28 PM. |
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01-29-2007, 05:19 PM
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| Very cool folks!
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02-01-2007, 12:00 AM
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| EDIT---I just dug deeper and found out the Southern Comfort he was on was 42-40778, not 42-7506 (the B-24 pictured in my above post). I have scoured, but found no pictures of the 40778. My father told me he was tailgunner on 3 different SC's (all shot down), and that he eluded capture the first time, was captured but escaped before POW processing the second time, but was captured and interred in an Italian POW camp the third time.  WahooKnows....1st LT. Austin your father?
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