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    W/O Frank Balloch, 165 Sqnd RAF

    I have a WO T.W.E Ballock is that the guy you are looking for? This is from the Rennes Admissions and Dispositions records. WO 776172 Ballock,...
    Post by: sirjahn, May 8, 2023 in forum: British & Commonwealth
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    American POWs transit points in Normandy

    My father was Curtis L. Johnson, PFC Headquarters Company 3rd Battalion 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment a part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
    Post by: sirjahn, Apr 14, 2020 in forum: American
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    American POWs transit points in Normandy

    The names of nurses at Rennes that I have found are: Roxanne Evette Gisele Gouzian "Big Bertha" Mairis Le Judec-Newcombe Claude Bertin Monique...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jan 28, 2020 in forum: American
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    American POWs transit points in Normandy

    Injured usually means that the individual suffered an accident not from enemy action. For example, a number of paratroopers were injured from the...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 22, 2019 in forum: American
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    American POWs transit points in Normandy

    Welcome to the forums. That is great that you are interested in the PWs around Bricquebec. I was wondering was there a strafing incident outside...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 21, 2019 in forum: American
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    Jan Foster's Frames from Sortie US7GR/1729

    Maxwell would have mission logs and reports not the aerial photos. NA has very little photo recon records or photos that aren't at NARA. I spent...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jul 11, 2016 in forum: Reconnaissance
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    Jan Foster's Frames from Sortie US7GR/1729

    In my research at NA I did not find any significant records on the Photo Reconn groups or squadrons and almost no aerial photos of significance...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jul 10, 2016 in forum: Reconnaissance
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    American POWs transit points in Normandy

    Kriegslazarett 4/612 was located in Hotel deVille in Rennes just down the street from the PW hospital at the EPS.
    Post by: sirjahn, Jul 3, 2016 in forum: American
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    Jan Foster's Frames from Sortie US7GR/1729

    The flight summary for 1729 reads - Caen,/Carpiquet Airfield(FW), Oustreham, Beachhead area So in theory you are looking along those points. LTC...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 22, 2016 in forum: Reconnaissance
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    Let Us Pause to Remember

    The mission summary for US7GR/1729 is this. Caen,/Carpiquet Airfield(FW), Oustreham, Beachhead area
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 20, 2016 in forum: Admin Notice Board
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    Help locating this Glider

    There is no correlation with gliders on my map only parachute drops. It has been suggested to look in the 101st glider manifests for the glider...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 11, 2016 in forum: Troop Carrier & Glider
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    Help locating this Glider

    The numbers that John refered to are the Aerial photos (photo number 1028, 1029, and 1030) from a reccon flight (4108) by the US 30th Photo Recon...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 11, 2016 in forum: Troop Carrier & Glider
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    Let Us Pause to Remember

    Sorry my sortie sketches are for the 30th PRS.
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 9, 2016 in forum: Admin Notice Board
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    Let Us Pause to Remember

    Pat, Here is my attempt at identifying my Dad's drop point. It is the blue circle in the middle of a field just east of the 91st LL HQ. From...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 9, 2016 in forum: Admin Notice Board
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    Let Us Pause to Remember

    My Father wrote that when he woke up in a ditch after passing out from his wounds that he saw a field of poppies. He wrote that the first thing...
    Post by: sirjahn, Jun 7, 2016 in forum: Admin Notice Board