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"Happy Anniversary" V-mail from Robert Culp to his wife. (Photo courtesy
Jack O'Leary) |
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Valentine's Day V-Mail from Robert Culp to his wife
(Photo courtesy Jack O'Leary) |
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Envelope Detail for V-Mail.
(Photo courtesy Jack O'Leary) |
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Back envelope detail, V-Mail.
(Photo courtesy Jack O'Leary) |
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S/Sgt Leroy E. (Babe)
Leist, KIA 4 FEB 44, of the William E. Green crew with daughter, Adrian, just before leaving for England in
November1943.
Detailed
Information (100th Photo Archives) |
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John J. O'Leary at home on leave in February, 1945 before going to
the ETO. Here he is with a buddy from Malden, MA, named
"Pomp". John was a waist gunner on
Griswold Smith
crew. (Photo courtesy of Jack O'Leary) |
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February, 1945. While his crew waited in New Jersey for orders
to board the Queen Elizabeth, John J. O'Leary had the chance to
visit home. From left: John O'Leary, Aunt Margaret Carroll,
and brother, Bob O'Leary. (Photo courtesy of Jack O'Leary) |
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On the homefront, people began wearing buttons, pins and ribbons to
show their support for the war effort.
(Courtesy Jack O'Leary) |
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Keep 'em Fying/Morse code "V" pin. (Courtesy Jack O'Leary) |
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The guy who relaxes, helps the Axis button (Courtesy Jack O'Leary) |
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Rare "Buy War bonds" button. (Courtesy Jack O'Leary) |
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Sept. 1942 Converseations, the newsletter from the Converse Rubber
Company of Malden, MA, where John
J. O'Leary worked. The following photos are all copies of various
covers and inside letters/photos from during the war years. (All photos courtesy of Jack O'Leary.) |
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Sept 1942 inside Converseations, showing letter from John O'Leary. |
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May 1945 Converseations cover. |
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May 1945 inside. |
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June 1945 Converseations Cover. |
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T/Sgt John Shay (r) and his brother Dan. Taken on leave in the
early 40's. John Shay was the top turret engineer on the
Ernest A.
Kissling crew. (All Shay photos courtesy of Dan Shay) |
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John Shay with his sister Lil and his brother Ed. Photo taken
in Massachusetts during the early 40s. |
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L to R: Jim, John and Dan Shay. Photo taken at childhood home
in Massachusetts in the early 40s. |
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John Shay with his sister Mary and an unknown family member.
(From Dan Shay: "My Aunt Mary is the one I can thank for being
the person who thought to save all of the ephemera and letters I
possess, including all the correspondence written by my father while
imprisoned in Stalag XVIIB.") |
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Sheet music to "The Bombardier Song" by Richard Rogers and Lorenz
Hart. The song was dedicated to the Air Crews of the US Army
Air Forces. (Photo courtesy of Jack O'Leary) |
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Sterling "Sweetheart" bracelet often given to wives and girlfriends.
(Photo courtesy of Jack O'Leary) |
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Mary (Luscinski) & Nicholas Demchak, October 1943. Nicholas
was the sole survivor from the 349th Squadron Angel's Tit (A/C
42-3260) crew.
Adams crew
information (Photo courtesy of family website)) |
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Luscinski family photo including Mary (Luscinski) and Nicholas
Demchak. Photo was taken on Memorial Day weekend 1943, one
month and one day before Nicholas and his crew were shot down.
Nicholas is on the right with his arms around his in-laws.
Mary is kneeling before her mother. (Note the Navy poster on
the building in background.)
Adams crew
information (Photo courtesy of
family website) |
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Mother's Day card sent from 418th Squadron ROG Charles W. Potts to
his mother, Henrietta Eads Potts, the year she died.
Ivosevic crew
information (Photo courtesy Joe Mode, Nephew of Charles Potts) |
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Letter home from Charles B. Sewell, POW at Luft 3, to his mother
that that took from August 1944 to
January 1945 to be delivered.
Williamson
crew information (Courtesy of Jack O'Leary) |
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Envelope from the Charles B. Sewell letter to his mother. (Courtesy
of Jack O'Leary) |
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350th Pilot Waldo J. Oldham with his parents, Ralph and Lula Oldham.
Oldham crew
information
Touching History: the Story of Dixie's Delight (Photo courtesy of
the Oldham Family) |
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V-Mail Mother's Day card from Mearl W. Johnson, TG on the Robert Gilbert
crew. Gilbert Crew
Information |
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V-Mail Mother's Day card from Mearl W. Johnson, TG on the Robert Gilbert
crew.
Gilbert Crew
Information |
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V-Mail Mother's Day card from Mearl W. Johnson, TG on the Robert
Gilbert crew.
Gilbert Crew
Information |
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V-Mail Mother's Day card from Mearl W. Johnson, TG on the Robert
Gilbert crew.
Gilbert Crew
Information |
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V-Mail Mother's Day card from Mearl W. Johnson, TG on the Robert
Gilbert crew.
Gilbert Crew
Information |
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V-Mail Mother's Day card from Mearl W. Johnson, TG on the Robert Gilbert
crew.
Gilbert Crew
Information |
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V-Mail Mother's Day card from Mearl W. Johnson, TG on the Robert Gilbert
crew.
Gilbert Crew
Information |
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Thursday, December 23, 1943, article in the Senoia, Georgia, Newnan
Herald. Lt. Col. Francis D. Shoemaker, of the Atlanta Army Air
Base, is shown presenting a decoration to Joseph J. Couch, of
Senoia, for his son, Lieut. William Henry Couch, of the Army Air
Forces, who is now a prisoner of war in Germany.
(Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew
Information |
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5 September 43 letter home from Bill Couch in Luft 3. (Front)
(Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew
Information |
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5 September 43 letter home from Bill Couch in Luft 3. (Back)
(Photo courtesy of Bill Couch & Jack O'Leary)
Van Noy Crew
Information |
