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Dan if your still looking for items i can scan some items from the 486th from my dad.
Ron
---- Daniel Setzer <dhsetzer@comcast.net> wrote:
> Transmitted via the '57th Bomb Wing Research List'
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> At the Charleston reunion I met Bryant (BO) Lyons (340th BG 487th BS) for the first time.
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> At my request, he sent me a copy of the April 2, 1945 General Orders that included his award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.
>
> I used this information to create another web page on the 57th Bomb Wing site that catalogs the combat missions of the 340th BG.
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> That new page can be found here:
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> http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/missions/013145_RoveretoRRB.htm
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> The same General Orders also awarded DFC's to:
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> Arthur J. Bertagna
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> John C. Hostetler
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> Alleson J. Forrister
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> James R. Millikin
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> Abraham Salop
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> I added their information to the pages located here:
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> http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/missions/012145_SMichele.htm
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> http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/missions/022545_Vipiteno.htm
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> http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/missions/012045_Trento.htm
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> http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/missions/031745_Aldeno.htm
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>
> Bombing missions were the core business of the 340th Bombardment Group. I would like to eventually catalog all of the 700+ missions of the Group.
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> Instead of a simple list of each mission I want to include all of the supporting information such as mission reports, crew lists and reconnaissance photos. Even more, I would like to include personal recollections of each mission and the decorations awarded to the men who braved those missions.
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> Thus, I am requesting of veterans and family of veterans of the 340th BG that they send me copies of documentation such as General Orders, memoirs, crew lists, etc. These documents will be used to add to the information already available on the 57th Bomb Wing web site here:
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> http://57thbombwing.com/340th_History/487th_History/missions/340thMissions_index.htm
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> If you have such documentation in your possession please send me a digital copy via email, or ask me for my postal address for paper copies.
>
> My hope is that this page will serve as a valued resource for historians, veterans and family members researching information about specific missions; like the request we had recently from Giuseppe Versolato regarding the mission to Recoaro Terme.
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