Ancestry/Genealogy

flotsam

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7. Just for fun

Wed Oct 30, 2019, 09:53 PM

Oct 2019

I believe a B25 crew was normally 5-6 men depending on variant. Your main question seems to be could a commanding general smuggle his girlfriend onboard and I'm guessing yes. To know more I would ask how many were onboard at the time of the crash and where was the aircraft headed. I betting that A. it was less than a full crew and B. the destination would avoid any hostile contact. I think he brought his girlfriend onboard for a milk run with unfortunate results and have no reason to think he also died in the crash since in a crash an unsecured passenger is the person most at risk.

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WWII mystery [View all] frogmarch Oct 2019 OP

This is probably not the same person but... radical noodle Oct 2019 #1

Thank you frogmarch Oct 2019 #4

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Just for fun flotsam Oct 2019 #7

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You're correct about the B25 crew. dflprincess Nov 2020 #15

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LeMay was nuttier than a fruitcake! flotsam Oct 2019 #11

Is that your step-mother's handwriting? Beartracks Oct 2019 #10

I assumed it was at first frogmarch Oct 2019 #12

WTF frogmarch Oct 2019 #13