<r> My father was General Hansell's personal pilot in the states for a short while on June 6,7 and 8th 1945.Brig General Hansell is also in the William Wyler Memphis Belle war documentary film.<br/>
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Here is part of my fathers Pilot's log Book that lists Brig. General Hansell.<br/>
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<t> Well it is a long story(I'll make it short)&nbsp;but Dad was transitioning to be the Pilot of his regular crew.<br/>
So he was the copilot on that one(his 3rd).The replacement crews usually were transitioned up to their 5th combat mission(sortie).What happened is that the Pilot crashed the ship ...

Wow Scott it is great seeing you here.I am glad that you and Matrix got together.
What a surprise.I've been buying simulations from Shockwave productions all the way back in early 2004.

<r> I thought that you guys perhaps would like to see it.<br/>
This video was made in 1985 so it is kind of old.<br/>
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<URL url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGOP53TkGtA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGOP53TkGtA</URL><br/>
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And in case you haven't seen the combat missions of my ...

<r> I was watching the free public domain William Wyler U.S.A.A.F. war documentary the Memphis Belle:A Story of a Flying Fortress(1944) and noticed the war planners order of battle and how it relates to the development of your Eagle Day to the Bombing of the Reich wargame.What the war planners are ...

Thanks Steven(Speedy) for the patch.Excellent !

<t> Hey I would also like the latest 12 O'Clock High Bombing the Reich Patch if you send it to me.I'd also be interested in the latest patch to Talonsoft's Battle of Britain.<br/>
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ETF-12 O'Clock High&nbsp;was Talonsoft's&nbsp;strategy game about the Aerial Warfare in the European Theatre of ...

Well thank you very much for your time and hard effort Hard Sarge.
I'm looking forward to this strategy game when its released.
Have a great day.[:)]

<t> It's looking pretty good.<br/>
Now here I think are the other squadron C.O.'s in the 463rd.However I'm not 100% sure because their history link and staff link are somewhat confusing<br/>
773rd C.O. Maj Dodge Dean<br/>
774rd C.O. Maj Emerson Tolle or Capt Carroll L'Ecluse<br/>
775th C.O. Capt ...

<r> Here is the 483rd B.G. website they went on some missions together with the 463rd<br/>
And they have a list of crew names too.<br/>
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<URL url="http://www.483rd.com/squadron.html">http://www.483rd.com/squadron.html</URL><br/>
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Also look in the links section of the 483rds website ...

<r> On the 463rds website it says that Lt.Col Frank Kurtz assumed command of the 463rd B.G. on August 27th 1943 and here is where I found it.<br/>
<URL url="http://www.463rd.com/history.htm">http://www.463rd.com/history.htm</URL><br/>
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and here are some crew names.<br/>
Benjamin Andrews ...

<r> Here is a B17 with the 483rd B.G. which was nearby the 463rd B.G. what I liked about this photo was that it was in color and you can even see the red poppies in bloom.<br/>
The only difference between the 463rd's markings and the 483rd's markings was that the rudder and elevators on the 463rd's ...

<r> Here is the other part of the newspaper(again sorry it's cut).<br/>
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<r> Here is a Allied newspaper that I think was dropped in Austria.Sorry it's not a complete scan and it's hard to read(if you can read in German of course).<br/>
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<r> Here is dad sometime in the 1990's<br/>
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<r> Here is a picture of Dad sometime around 1966.I was pretty young then<br/>
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<r> Here is a 463rd B.G. commendation<br/>
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<r> Here part 2 about Frank Kurtz<br/>
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<r> I don't have too many more photos guys but here is a story about my dad's Commanding officer Colonel Frank Kurtz 463rd B.G. commander.My dad's squadron commander in the 772nd was Major James Patton.<br/>
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<r> Henzau I know how you feel.I lost my dad 2 years ago he was also in the U.S.A.A.F. <br/>
It was a devastating loss.<br/>
Have you put your dad in the National WWII registry yet?<br/>
A nice site to go to is <URL url="http://www.armyairforces.com">http://www.armyairforces.com</URL><br/>
They ...