The Bomber Boys (35 page)
Authors: Travis L. Ayres
Sharpe, Mike.
Aircraft of World War II: A Visual Encyclopedia.
Osceola, WI: MBI. 2000.
Aircraft of World War II: A Visual Encyclopedia.
Osceola, WI: MBI. 2000.
Speer, Albert.
Inside the Third Reich.
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1970.
Inside the Third Reich.
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1970.
U.S. Army Air Force.
TARGET: GERMANY The Army Air Forces’ Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command’s First Year Over Europe.
New York: Simon & Schuster. 1943.
ARTICLESTARGET: GERMANY The Army Air Forces’ Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command’s First Year Over Europe.
New York: Simon & Schuster. 1943.
[Author unknown]. “Employee’s Brother Asks for Flying Fortress.”
Production for Victory
(Vol. II, No. 9): 1944.
Production for Victory
(Vol. II, No. 9): 1944.
[Author unknown]. “Mercy Mission.”
Third Air Division Strikes
: 1945.
Third Air Division Strikes
: 1945.
Bullock, Keith M. and Piok, Andreas. “Inauguration of War Memorial on the Penderalm Above St. Leonhard Near Brixen, Italy
.
” Internet article: 1998.
.
” Internet article: 1998.
Houghton, Jerry, Pvt. “Chute Fails, Airman Falls 4 Miles, Lives
.
”
Stars and Stripes
: (date unknown).
.
”
Stars and Stripes
: (date unknown).
Laxact, Robert. “The Enduring Pyrenees.”
National Geographic
: 1974.
National Geographic
: 1974.
Pearson, Lyle, Sr. “Nazi Germany 1945.”
Reveille,
Official Publication of Walter H. Strand Post No. 950, Veterans of Foreign Wars: Mankato, MN. 1995.
Reveille,
Official Publication of Walter H. Strand Post No. 950, Veterans of Foreign Wars: Mankato, MN. 1995.
Pogorzelski, Frank. “War Me
.
” (publication and date unknown).
.
” (publication and date unknown).
Shepherd, Dik. “Saga of Torchy Tess.”
Air Classics Magazine
(Vol. 34, No. 2): 1998.
Air Classics Magazine
(Vol. 34, No. 2): 1998.
Stursberg, Peter. “Holland Was Saved Just in Time.”
Daily Herald.
1945.
DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND DIARIESDaily Herald.
1945.
AHERN, GEORGE
Letter to George Ahern’s father from Pilot/Aircraft Commander First Lieutenant Marvin R. Walker. 1944.
Official Combat Missions List for Staff Sergeant George Ahern. Lieutenant Maurice Joncas, Assistant Operations Officer, 509th Bombardment Squadron. 1944.
CUFFMAN, JOHNPersonal Combat Missions List and Missions Diary of Sergeant John Cuffman. 1943/1944.
FRECHETTE, ARTHURGerman Medical Records for POW “Artur” Frechette. 1945.
Letter to Mrs. Katherine E. Pearson confirming her husband, Lyle, as “missing in action.” General C.F. Born, Acting Commander, Fifteenth Air Force. 1945.
Letter to the Quartermaster General from Arthur Frechette, regarding his dead crewmates. 1946.
Official Certificate/Combat Missions List for Arthur J. Frechette. First Lieutenant Lawrence D. Snyder, Operations Officer. (undated).
Official Crew List of Lieutenant Lyle C. Pearson’s B-17 aircraft, shot down December 29, 1943. U.S. Army Air Forces. (undated).
Official Medical Records of First Lieutenant Arthur Frechette Jr., Army Service Forces, First Service Command. 1945.
Recommendation for the Distinguished Flying Cross Award to First Lieutenant Lyle C. Pearson. (undated).
SENIAWSKY/SCOTT, PETER“Confidential” Document verifying the identity of Staff Sergeant Peter Seniawsky (after his escape from behind enemy lines). Special Agent, CIC. 1943.
Letter of Commendation for Peter Seniawsky. Colonel J.K. Lacey, U.S. Army Air Forces. 1943.
Letter to Mrs. Margie Bile informing her that Peter Seniawsky was “safe and interned in a neutral country.” Major General J.A. Ulio, The Adjutant General, U.S. War Department. 1943.
Letter of Recommendation for Peter Seniawsky’s promotion to Master Sergeant. Captain H. E. Frink Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces. (date unknown).
Official Missing Air Crew Report (date Oct. 15, 1943) for First Lieutenant Giles Kauffman Jr.’s B-17 aircraft. Captain C.H. Crowy Jr., Air Corps Adjutant, U.S. War Department. 1943.
Official Notice of Award of the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Peter Seniawsky. Brigadier General C.C. Chauncey, Chief of Staff, on behalf of Lieutenant General Eaker. 1944.
Postal Telegraph Message reporting Peter Seniawsky “missing in action.” Secretary of War. 1943.
TETA, ANTHONYOfficial Movement Orders (overseas) for Lieutenant Jerome J. Chart and his B-17 crew. Headquarters, 273rd AAF Base Unit (SB), Lincoln Army Air Field, Lincoln, Nebraska. 1944.
United States Army Military Records and Report of Separation/ Certificate of Service—Anthony Teta. 1947.
VALLIERE, ROBERTLetter to Walter E. Brown (Editor of the Magazine of the Eighth Air Force Historical Society) from Robert A. Valliere. 1999.
INTERNET SOURCESLeo Durocher’s Hall of Fame Biography. National Baseball Hall of Fame. Cooperstown, NY: 2003.
www.baseballhalloffame.org
.
www.baseballhalloffame.org
.
About the Author
Travis L. Ayres
is a former broadcast professional who spent fifteen years on the air in New York City, as well as during extended stays in New Orleans and Hartford, Connecticut. A U.S. Navy and Vietnam War veteran, he now lives and writes in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Northwest Arkansas.
is a former broadcast professional who spent fifteen years on the air in New York City, as well as during extended stays in New Orleans and Hartford, Connecticut. A U.S. Navy and Vietnam War veteran, he now lives and writes in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Northwest Arkansas.
1
Aircraft loss numbers were taken from
Flying Forts: The B-17 in World War II,
by Martin Caidin, and a copy of the official report on losses, provided by Peter Scott.
Flying Forts: The B-17 in World War II,
by Martin Caidin, and a copy of the official report on losses, provided by Peter Scott.
Other books
Alice's Girls by Julia Stoneham
The Widow of Saunders Creek by Tracey Bateman
The Remix (The Hollywood Twins, #2) by Amanda White
Sins of the Father by Thomas, Robert J.
Taboo The Collection by Kitt, Selena
Codex Born by Jim C. Hines
Christmas at Twilight by Lori Wilde
The Company You Keep by Tracy Kelleher
Glazov (Born Bratva Book 1) by Steele, Suzanne
The Mermaid of Brooklyn by Amy Shearn