Adult children of surviving WWII B24 crewmember travel to plane crash site to assist in recovery ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, March 19, 2018— On Christmas Day 1944, seven crewmembers perished after their B24 was shot down over Belgium attempting to return to their base in Hethel, England, from a bombing mission to Germany. Two crewmembers survived. […]
Unique. Team. Research. How does our team approach your research needs differently? Think of your veteran’s story as a puzzle still in the box. To make the image take shape, many individual pieces have to come together from both sides of the Atlantic. The process of assembling your veteran’s unique puzzle begins with Myra at […]
Tracing. Exact. Footsteps. Why are Morning Reports a critical tool in tracing the exact footsteps of your veteran? A Morning Report provided the higher command with an essential overview of all personnel activity within the company on a given day. It contains the following details: The company’s exact location Names of personnel transferred to another […]
There are several types of archival materials, including but not limited to service records and reports: NARA St. Louis Service Records Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) Morning Reports (army only) Flight Records NARA College Park After-Action Reports Unit Journals Histories General Orders Photographs Maps Disclaimer: Please bear in mind that […]