In Reply to: ole tomato the b-25 posted by rick duvall on April 13, 2004 at 06:01:07:
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Rick,my father,the late Joe McGourty of Brookline Mass.served as a tail gunner with the 22nd BMG of the 5th Air Force,also known as the Red Raiders.I have a letter in my hand from a Harold Davis of N.C.he was a bomb-nav.on a B-25 crew on Owi Island in the summer of 1943,he goes on to say his original crew was Bob Schalkle,pilot,John Hellstrom,co-pilot,Dewayne Maddox,flight engineer,Wayne Duvall,radio operator,and Joe McGourty,gunner...I do remember my father talking about his old crew and when I saw your e-mail,I recognized his name.I have all my fathers WWII stuff,records,letters,books,pics,etc.I will let you know.A Hellva Group of Guys they were to do what they did.They did not get the glory that the 8th Air Force got,but they Damm sure should have.
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