[303rd-Talk] Looking for Tyler L. Weems

[Bill Jones]

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> Bill -
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> Am  I reading your message correctly  to say  that the only two planes
> that made it back were:  1 from the 360th  and  the one from the 358th
> that my Dad was on?

I think I phrased it slightly wrong.   

John Twomley flew with a different squadron.  Of the 12 planes in the 
low squadron led by Fontanna, the two planes that came back were both 
from the 360th, and 8 360th planes and 2 358th planes were lost. I just 
thought it was interesting that all three people mentioned in this 
discussion were all on this unfortunate mission, but only two in the 
low squadron. 
   My father was at the 303rd at the time, but hadn't flown a mission 
yet, but after the 360th lost 8 crews he flew his first a few days 
later.  His first mission as a squadron lead was a checkout with 
Fontanna, many months later, and Weems was also on that mission, which 
is what caught my attention to the connections here. 
  Before I found this 303rd forum, I had purchased the 360thBS 
microfilm from Maxwell, and I remember going to a library to print out 
pages, and after I left the library, I was trying to read the pages 
while walking along the steet to a meeting I had to attend, and when I 
came to the description of the Magdeburg mission, I remember just 
stopping on the street and saying WOW! 
  Of all the 303rd missions I've read about, the Magdeburg mission, and 
the collission between the 360th and 427th plane in early Apr of 45 are 
the two that made the greatest impression on me.   

  
Bill Jones         N3JLQ
Sweden Maine
wejones at megalink.net
http://www.megalink.net/~wejones 
 
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