465th BG at work...

Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:29 pm

In the OT section I posted a picture of my Uncle, Capt. G.N. Jones receiving the DFC. It was one of the few photos I had of him during his time with the 465th BG, 783rd BS....until today! My cousin scanned a bunch of my Uncle's photos and sent me a CD!

Here are a few....his captions.
Formation Area, Italy 1944

465th Formation

Contrails

Witch

Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:35 pm

Zane,
Great pics...thanks for sharing! I think the B-24 is my second favorite warbird. I know they are different, but it makes me think that the B-24 is a "big brother" to the B-25.

Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:45 pm

Here are the DFC pictures.

My uncle and the crew receiving the medal from General Acheson...they are smiling because the General asked him to re-up and he said H*ll No...

Here is the strike photo.
Their airplane was hit by flak and lost an engine on the run into the target, a rail yard just south of Vipiteno, Italy - 2/28/1945. They had dropped below and bit behind the group. The group bombardier missed the and therefore the target. My Uncle's bombardier recalculated and hit the target dead on.

The site today on Google Earth... :shock:

Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:49 am

Cool pics Zane

...thanks for sharing them!

John

Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:13 am

Excellent - thanks for posting! Mark

Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:34 am

Great photos and the story behind them too.

Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:33 am

Thanks for posting those. Love the "Then and Now" look at the target area as well.

Wade

Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:15 pm

great post. I love seeing pictures from WWII because it really brings it to life for me.

Since I was born in the early 80's pictures, talking with vetran/volunteers at my museum, and "movies" are my only way of knowing what it was like back then. I am so facinated by the courage and guts these men had to do what they did for the good of the world.

Thanks,

David