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Sitemap Privacy Policy Notice of Accessibility. Plan to join us in New Orleans, May , details below …. Search Search. Search More Personnel. POW Search. KIA Search. Morehead Robert E. Assigned to the th Bombardment Group. Unit: th Bombardment Squadron. James D. Dale trained as bombardier with supplemental training in navigation. Until that point they were a ten man crew but that late in the war the Army was reducing to 9 man crews.
Three officers plus 6 non coms. Since bombardiers had training as a navigator, Dale was moved to Larsen's pick up crew AS navigator. One of the non-com's on Sanford's crew moved forward as togglier. In a few letters, Dale mentioned his growing confidence as navigator but he was sorry to leave Sanford's crew. Larsen's crew changed a lot but Dale stayed as Navigator. When I visited with Mr. Blachly he showed me sample navigator sheets and how they had to keep track of their flight paths.
I'll work on the sequence of events and try to get it to you soon. NAAR Tower btopenworld. Morehead Dear Sir My father passed away in He flew B's toward the end of the war and was stationed at Thorpe Abbotts durring that time.
Do you have any info about him? He would never really open up to me or my brothers. His name was Robert Edgar Morehead. Anything you might have would be appreicated Sincerely, Robert R. Morehead Parkgreen Dr. Dixon, Ca. TG FEH. Share Our Page:. Featured Pages. Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility.
