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Originally Posted by Home Guard
Hi Mark, Yes, I wish I did have that, but you have all I know as we really discussed my father and the missions and the unit in general, and he only mentioned his father in passing. i was able to get the picture from him and at he time wondered why he mentioned the RM. His name is Norm Doe, but he will be found most likely in the USAAF records, and then in the US army records as he went after flying B-25s in wWW2 to helicopters after the war and then for a Sheriff's Dept.
Here's a picture of my father in the pilot's seat of Peggy Lou, tail number 13.
Here's a picture of Norm Doe.
And this often published picture shows my father in Peggy Lou, tail number 13 with Norm Doe flying Pistol Packing Mama tail number 02. They were a lead element dropping frag bombs on anti-aircraft positions before the main force came in ot hit the target.
Terry
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Well that’s a start Terry. In your opening post you stated you did not know the first name of Doe, but now you say it’s “Norm”, which suggests a first name of Norman. Are you able to access online in the US the service record of Norman Doe USAAF? It seems not a particularly common name and the record might have details such as a birth date, which will be helpful. The birth of children of British servicemen overseas were recorded, as were the baptism details, which would then give the name of the father and his unit. From that I could then launch research in the British records and build up a picture that should finally make sense of your photograph of those British horse artillerymen.