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Re: INFORMATION ON MY FATHER

Posted:
By: Eugene Farr, Jr.
On: 01/08/2010
Thank you. I have been exploring for awhile some of the links you suggested. There is a lot of searching to be done. He did survive the war, but he died in 1982 and never really had the chance to talk to him about his service.

I have a photo of him with his crew with some numbers at the bottom of the photo. I am thinking they relate to his bomber group and squadron, but I am not sure. I have seen many crew photos with numbers at the bottom of the photos. I am thinking that it designates the Bomber Group and location. Not really sure however.

Do these numbers mean anything? GN 129-13-379
Is 379 the bomber group??

Thank you
Gene Farr

Re: INFORMATION ON MY FATHER

Posted:
By: Don Kirkman
On: 01/13/2010
There's a picture of your father's plane (Hellcat Agnes) and crew, including your father, on footnote.com (http://www.footnote.com/document/241298534/); a Google search on the plane name turns up:  303 Bomb Group, 358th Bomb Squadron (http://www.303rdbg.com/aircraft-alp.html) and at least one more picture of the plane.  Good luck with your hunt.