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| '''Cody Dailey''' <br/>8/6/2006 3:51:55 PM 
| JB Dailey was a tail-gunner stationed with the 615th squadron from August 1944 through January 1945.  He flew with the crew of Capt. George Sombart.  <br/> <br/> All but two or three of their missions were flown in the aircraft &quot;Morning Star&quot; and they always flew in the Tail-End Charlie position.  While &quot;Morning Star&quot;'s nose art consisted only of a single star painted on the nose of the aircraft, my father's crew painted the name &quot;Tail-End Charlie&quot; on the other side.  Their A-2 flight jackets were also painted with the name &quot;Tail-End Charlie&quot;.<br/> <br/> I am looking for anyone who might remember my father or his crew.  Would love to share stories!<br/>  
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| '''Scott C. McElvain''' <br/>8/6/2006 7:54:34 PM 
| If you are looking for a picture of the plane, the National Archives has a photo negative number NASA C65449AC of it.  There are instructions you can get from them on how to get a xerox of it (so you know what you are getting) then order from companies who can pull the negative and make prints......<br/>  
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| '''Carol Schaffer''' <br/>9/20/2006 8:34:21 PM 
| My father, Paul Campbell was Operations Officer along with Clyde Lewis when your father was ball turret gunner in the 615th squadron. He asked me to send you the following information:<br/> <br/> History of J.B. Daley<br/> They flew their first mission August 25, 1944.<br/> <br/> This is the crew with number of missions flown:<br/> <br/> 1st Lt  G.W. Sombart  Pilot    36 missions<br/> 1st Lt   L. Shapiro   Co-pilot  35<br/> 1st Lt   C.W. Mrozek  Bombadier 35<br/> 1st Lt   J.B. Milek   Navigator  35<br/> T/Sgt    E.E. Smith   Radio      35<br/> T/Sgt   L. Andrews    Engineer   35<br/> S/Sgt   J.B. Daley    Ball Turret 35<br/> S/Sgt   L. Allen      Tail Gunner 35<br/> S/Sgt   L.G. Livezeg  Waist Gunner 35<br/> <br/> Lt Colonel White was in charge of the squadron.  <br/> These missions were flown with fighter escort.<br/>  
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| '''Cody Dailey''' <br/>9/21/2006 8:54:01 PM 
| Thank you (and your father) for the information.  I think I recall the story behind Sombart's 36th mission.  I believe I was told that Sombart could not take the plane up on one of the missions due to the communications on the plane being out.  I had heard he was ordered to fly an extra mission due to this.  Not sure how true that is.<br/>  
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