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Date Posted: 08:34:36 12/16/04 Thu
Author: Dennis Burke
Subject: Re: B-17 Port-na-Blagh02/05/44
In reply to: Dennis Burke 's message, "Re: B-17 Port-na-Blagh02/05/44" on 06:27:20 11/29/04 Mon

Me back again, for anyone interested, I found a record of a Harry Ford who was the bombardier on a B-17 which did come down in Ireland May 10th 1943. Not the Pilot as MacCarron suggests. this was on www.8thairforce.com

Gotta make it down to the MA soon!
regards

Dennis
www.skynet.ie/~dan/war/crashes.html
(now with disclaimer!! :-))
>Hello, thank you for this message.
>
>I have heard from some of the authors of these various
>book setc over the last months and I really dispair!
>
>I have been through the two USAAF crash listing sites
>and neither recall this aircraft but then they do not
>record aircraf that took off after refueling only.
>I'm by no means sticking up for anyone or anything but
>perhaps you know how this Killhoey aircraft stoey was
>fabricated? They have even a pilots name and he
>supposably visited the area.
>
>As regards the Ballyvaughan P-38, this is a strange
>one also. The 82nd Fighter Group website,
>82ndfightergroup.com i think but search google) does
>list a Pilot Brodhead but he is deffeinatly NOT listed
>as having any form of mishap on the date of the crash.
> He is however lsited as shooting down a Ju88 over the
>bay of Biscay on that day. MacCarrons book does give
>this story but then Dwyer says that he was flying from
>Liverpool??
>
>thanks for the message nevertheless. Feel like taking
>down my site altogether with this level of carry on.
>
>with best regards
>
>Dennis
>>Forget it.It never happened part of the Mac Carron
>>/Quinn rubbish.Ask the guy who put up the messages
>>about the Lightning at the top of the forum.
>>Conal

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