[303rd-Talk] Newcomer with questions

[Gary Pett]

Please excuse the length of this message but I am a newcomer with much to learn.

My name is Gary Pett, married for 27 years to Martha nee Garvey, whose father Richard J. Garvey was a navigator with the 303rd BG and the 359th BS ("Harding's Crew", mostly flying on 'Daddy's Delight'). Recently we found a box containing about 84 V-mails and other correspondence, as well as official war documents of Lt. Garvey.

The V-mails have been transcribed, his 37 mission reports (including two non-credit) read and summarized, the photographs placed in a special album and .... our curiosity is really piqued!

Here are my initial questions:

1) Do any of the members have first hand recollections of or other knowledge of Lt. Garvey's service?

2) Where are the best sources to find and scan additional photos that would flesh out the visual history of his tour for us?

3) If we were to organize a family trip, where would the "top" places be? Molesworth? Galvaston to see the Thunderbird? Any suggestions would be helpful.

Thank you, Gary Pett