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Re: "Heaven Can Wait" type, nose art
<table> <tr class="GridRow"> <td> <p> <table> <tr> <td style='vertical-align: top; width: 160px;'> <b>Posted:</b><br> <b>By: </b><a href='mailto:victieri@netscape.net'>Vicki Richardson Tieri</a><br> <b>On: </b>06/08/2007 <br> </td> <td style='vertical-align: top;'>Patty,<br><br>You are the first person I have connected with who is a child of one of my dad's crew members. I go on this site occasionally to see if I can find anyone--I see that your dad was a waist gunner. This crew of the 612th Bomb Group was on its 74th mission when they went down after the Politz mission. My dad referred to the plane as Boche Buster.<br> <br>T.K. Hill Pilot<br>W. E. Schmedel Co-Pilot<br>T. S. Black Navigator<br>J.W. Chadwick Bombardier<br>V.H. Shewbert Radio Operator<br>J.K. Mullins Engineer<br>E.L. Helenbeck Ball Turret Gunner<br>O.G. RichardsonTail Gunner (my dad)<br>B.N.Keith Waist Gunner<br><br>I have very copious notes of 17 missions that were flown by this crew written by T.K. Hill, the pilot. My dad did fly a couple of missions with a "green" crew, that are not included in the list I have from Lt. Hill. Email me your address and I will xerox them for you and send the hard copies--most of the pictures are xeroxes, so not very good quality. My dad did not speak of his experiences either until after I had my children. I even have a copy of the original article (in English and Swedish) that was run in a newspaper about the crash in Bredakra, Sweden.<br><br>Let me where I can send info that I have to you. <br><br>Regards,<br><br>Vicki Richardson Tieri<br></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>
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