Re: 613th Squadron

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                                        <b>Posted:</b><br>
                                        <b>By: </b><a href='mailto:donald_byers@sbcglobal.net'>Donald Byers</a><br>
                                        <b>On: </b>09/12/2003 <br>
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                                    <td style='vertical-align: top;'>Would be interested in articles and if you have some pictures also.<br><br>See my web page http://www.donald-byers.com/<br><br>Don<br></td>
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                            <h2>Re: 613th Squadron</h2>
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                                        <b>Posted:</b><br>
                                        <b>By: </b><a href='mailto:win-z@juno.com'>Win Bryson</a><br>
                                        <b>On: </b>10/24/2003 <br>
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                                    <td style='vertical-align: top;'>Ward,<br>1. The only direct info I have relating to your Dad is from the 10-7-44 401BG Mission to Politz. Hopefully, this may &quot;lead&quot; to other connections. <br><br>2. Politz was &quot;tough&quot; mission - George Menzel's book &quot;Portrait of a Flying Queen&quot; has a chapter about it, and so does a book called &quot;Castles in the Air&quot;.  <br><br>3. According to the Mission Report, there were four &quot;boxes&quot; of formations, one behind the other, that would fly over and bomb the target, one after the other. Flak was listed as heavy and accurate.  &quot;A&quot;-box was 457BG planes; &quot;B&quot;-box was 351BG planes; &quot;C&quot;-box was 401BG planes and &quot;D&quot;-box was a composite of planes from all three Groups.  The 401BG lost 5-crews that mission - one of which was &quot;deputy lead&quot;, just behind and to the right of your Dad's plane - the A.J. Nelson crew.<br><br>3. You Dad is listed in the Mission Report as lead-crew pilot of the High Squadron (in &quot;C&quot;-box). Aboard was Maj. De Jonckheere, Hi Sq. C-Flight Leader.<br><br>4. The Loading List for the Mission lists your Dad's crew thus: in a/c #42-38600 (IN-Y):  pilot, 1st.Lt. E.W. Coleman; Co-pilot, E.T. Jonckheere; Nav., 1st.Lt. H.E. Kron; Bomb., K.K. Stout; Radio, T/Sgt.C.A. Carmon; Top Turret; T/Sgt. T.A. Lindholm; Waist Gun., S/Sgt. W.D. Kidman; Waist Gun., E.W. Anderson, and &quot;V&quot;. 2nd.Lt. W.W. Strong.  Maybe some of these crew members (or kin) are reachable for more direct info.<br><br>    <br></td>
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