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First Name :   Sandy  
Last Name :   Conti  
E-mail address (optional) :   sconti3@nyc.rr.com  
Comment :   I was with the 834th Engineer Avn Bn.My unit built E-1 at St Laurant sur Mer and A-1 at St Pierre du
Mont. A-1 was the base for the 366 FG and I had the good fortune of speaking to them in their convention at
Sacramento, Calif.a few years ago.  

First Name :   Robert  
Last Name :   Busenbark  
E-mail address (optional) :   rabusen@cox.net  
Comment :   My Father and 3 Uncles servered in WWII. Today on our site I discovered another relative Joseph
Busenbark. If anyone servered with him please write.  

First Name :   John  
Last Name :   Nelson  
E-mail address (optional) :   JKN49@cox.net  
Comment :   Today, May 6, 2006, my Dad would have turned 85 years of age. He passed on November 28, 1978.
S/Sgt Ellard O. “Red” Nelson served proudly as a Crew Chief with the 368th Fighter Group “Thunder Bums” from 8
Jan 43 thru 4 Sept 45. He worked on “Leaky  

First Name :   Harry  
Last Name :   Rogal  
E-mail address (optional) :   HCRogal@aol.com  
Comment :   I remember A3 like yesterday. Glad I got to see it aagain in 95 along with my wife. Harry  

First Name :   Jim  
Last Name :   Pace  
E-mail address (optional) :     
Comment :   My Dad, Bob Pace from the 396th, Died last Nove 6 2005. Just a month before, I had the priviage of
meeting all you guys at the reunion in D.C. What a great time! It was the last weekend we spent together, all the
better seeing him amidst his WWII buds and  

First Name :   Robert  
Last Name :   Marini  
E-mail address (optional) :   marini@uwm.edu  
Comment :   Hello, I was wondering if you could give me some information. My Uncle Joe Marini was part of the
397th fighter squadron. You have a number of citations listed for him above his pictorial biography including the
Silver star, DFC, and the Purple Heart. The  

First Name :   Russell  
Last Name :   OConnell  
E-mail address (optional) :     
Comment :   Youre a great bunch of guys and I want to thank you for the wonderful memories. Oakie  

First Name :   Kevin  
Last Name :   OGorman  
E-mail address (optional) :   ogormankj@yahoo.com  
Comment :   Great WEB site, I really enjoyed it! CMSgt Kevin OGorman Flight Engineer Superintendent 181st Airlift
Squadron 136th Airlift Wing Texas Air National Guard  

First Name :   Peter  
Last Name :   Cortis  
E-mail address (optional) :   petercc@bigpond.net.au  
Comment :   We will never forget  

First Name :   Mike  
Last Name :   Gohlke  
E-mail address (optional) :   mgohlke@aprx.org  
Comment :   I very much enjoyed your site. Thank you for preserving the memory of those heroic men who served
this country during WW II. MG USMC 1969-70  

First Name :   John  
Last Name :   McNally  
E-mail address (optional) :   johnmcnally@bellsouth.net  
Comment :   Thank you to the members of the 368 squadron for there bravery in a time of need. I fly the P-47 in the
368th markings on the flight simulator il-2/Forgotten Battles in memory of you all. Salute  

First Name :   Marty  
Last Name :   Scott  
E-mail address (optional) :   huntscott@aol.com  
Comment :   Son of Ralph Scott of the 396th.  

First Name :   Pat  
Last Name :   Fogarty  
E-mail address (optional) :   patfog@sbcglobal.net  
Comment :   Capt Thomas Montag was my first cousin and our families hero. If anyone can give personal stories
about him I would greatly appreciate it.  

First Name :   wallace  
Last Name :   hill  
E-mail address (optional) :   whilllakeside@aol.com  
Comment :   deceased father served with unit with pride..would love to be a part of his history...  

First Name :   Cynthia  
Last Name :   Horner  
E-mail address (optional) :   cyndi@ajr-industrial.com  
Comment :   My grandfather flew with the 365th and is one of three still living of the ten in his bomber group.  

First Name :   Frances  
Last Name :   Haag  
E-mail address (optional) :   fhaag1@yahoo.com  
Comment :   My father is Doc Haag!  

First Name :   Stella  
Last Name :   Fogarty  
E-mail address (optional) :     
Comment :   My husband was a first cousin of Capt Thomas Montag.Very good web site,thank you.May God rest
their souls.  

First Name :   Anita  
Last Name :   DeFrancesco  
E-mail address (optional) :   adefran1@verizon.net  
Comment :   I am the neice of the late Lt.Edward J. Hyland.Killed in action over Holland 1-11-44.If any one has any
information about that fateful day I would Greatly appreciate it as well as the rest of my family. My late mother
Theresa was one of Edwards 4 sisters.  

First Name :   James  
Last Name :   Mitchell  
E-mail address (optional) :   Danbo26@optonline.net  
Comment :   I was pilot in 396th F.S. from Metz to Straubing. Appreciate your webb site.Thanks for your dedication
to 368th Fighter Group  

First Name :   Philipe  
Last Name :   Canonne  
E-mail address (optional) :   canonne.phil@wanadoo.fr  
Comment :   Bonjour, Congratulation for your splendide and helpful website. Writing a book concerning the aiwar
over the city of Chateauroux (central France) - bombings, strafings, crashed aircrafts, escaped pilots - I am
searching any veterans, or relatives, rese  

First Name :   Jean  
Last Name :   Pierrre  
E-mail address (optional) :   noeljean@libertysurf.fr  
Comment :   Hello, I look for the information concerning a pilot of the 397 squadron. Name : Lt Rinehart Robert. W.
P47 serial number 42 76277 . Place of the crash: region of Dreux, France, the june 12 1944, Thank you for your
help. Visit our site concerni  

First Name :   Jon  
Last Name :   Pritchard  
E-mail address (optional) :   bo_nidle@hotmail.com  
Comment :   Excellent site.I hope that the 368thFg paintschemes that I recreate for the PC flight sim IL2 Sturmovik;
Forgotten battles goes someway to keep the memory of these brave individuals involved alive.Thank you.  

First Name :   jean  
Last Name :   Pierre  
E-mail address (optional) :   noeljean@libertysurf.fr  
Comment :   Hello, I live in the city of Chartres. I look for the information and the testimonies of the pilots and
mécanicies belonging to the 368th fighter group concerning the airfield of Chartres in 1944. Sincerely Jean  

First Name :   Edward  
Last Name :   Wertke  
E-mail address (optional) :   viper376@sbcglobal.net  
Comment :   My highest respects to those that flew and maintained the greatest fighter bomber of WW2. F16
Crewchief/149 FW Texas Air National Guard  

First Name :   Robert  
Last Name :   Schink  
E-mail address (optional) :   dsquires@bellsouth.net  
Comment :   This is a thrilling display of the exciting history of the 395thFS/368thFG. I was a member of this fighter
squadron and would LOVE TO KNOW the date and place of the next REUNION of this terrific group of guys. Thank
you very much!  

First Name :   Tim  
Last Name :   Roebling  
E-mail address (optional) :   flyhi54@aol.com  
Comment :   Great site!!! I saw your link in Flight Journal magazine. Good article in there as well!!!  

First Name :   Jack  
Last Name :   Cook  
E-mail address (optional) :   Ordy1Jack@msn,com  
Comment :   Seeking info on 1Lt Henry Olson of the 396th FS or the p-47D he flew.  

First Name :   Nic  
Last Name :   Perego  
E-mail address (optional) :   erroluna@yahoo.com  
Comment :   My Dad is Frank Perego Jr.(not the same Frank in these pictures) he bares a strong resemblence to
my family  

First Name :   Jean Paul  
Last Name :   Favrais  
E-mail address (optional) :   jeanpaulfavrais1@aol.com  
Comment :   Congratulation for your site I would like know if the Lieutenant George P. OHLMAN Jr.was a pilot of 368
FG 396 FS I do some search for a P. 47 serial 42-75208? shot down near of LAVAL (FR.) the end July 44 thank
you for your help jean paul  

First Name :   Mike  
Last Name :   Luck  
E-mail address (optional) :   hockeyhistory62@yahoo.com  
Comment :   I wish to say thanks to all 368th veterans for your sacrifices and courage. I owe my freedom to you.
You are all heroes to me. I have always been particularily fascinated by WWII fighter pilots, especially Thunderbolt
pilots. I am also a collector of  

First Name :   Robb  
Last Name :   Huhn  
E-mail address (optional) :     
Comment :   Im proud to be carrying on the lineage of such a fine squadron. Ssgt Robb Huhn, 136th Medical
Group, Texas Air National Guard  

First Name :   Judi  
Last Name :   LeLoup  
E-mail address (optional) :   priceles@warwick.net  
Comment :   Went to the reunion with my sisters and loved every moment of it. Thank you for caring and making
this site possible!  

First Name :   Steve  
Last Name :   Kline  
E-mail address (optional) :     
Comment :   61 years ago today..Oct 13,1944 lst Lt Marion L.W. Elliott was lost over Aachen Germany..368FG
395FS  

First Name :   Stuart L.  
Last Name :   Madison  
E-mail address (optional) :   greendog@tds.net  
Comment :   Life long patient of (Doctor) Lt. Richard Kik Jr. from Richland, Michigan. Bless his soul & may he rest in
peace.He died Sept. 20, 2005. visit:October 2, 2005  

First Name :   LeslieAnne  
Last Name :   Savage  
E-mail address (optional) :   l.savage@comcast.net  
Comment :   Thank you for this service!  

First Name :   Mike  
Last Name :     
E-mail address (optional) :   wlpilot@web.de  
Comment :   Very intersting webpage. Have some one a mission list for my researches. Searching mission end 1944
up to end war May 1945. Thank you Mike Germany  

First Name :   Roberta  
Last Name :   Mandeville  
E-mail address (optional) :   rmandevill@aol.com  
Comment :   We are eternally grateful for the sacrifices the men and women of the armed forces have made to
ensure our freedom. God Bless all of you.  

First Name :   Kathryn  
Last Name :   Baird  
E-mail address (optional) :   Kacolvi@aol.com  
Comment :   Richard Kik Jr. was my great uncle and I just wish I had known him better. Frederick R. Kik was my
grandfather.  

First Name :   Stu  
Last Name :   Madison  
E-mail address (optional) :   greendog@tds.net  
Comment :   I salute Lt.Richard Kik of the 368th (aka:Dr.Richard Kik Jr. D.O.) Rest in peace Sir. 9-24-05  

First Name :   Rich  
Last Name :   rich  
E-mail address (optional) :   rrich_kzoo@sbcglobal.net  
Comment :   Today I bid farewell to a friend, LT Richard Kik, M.D..God speed....  

First Name :   Jerry  
Last Name :   Thorough  
E-mail address (optional) :   thoro372@aol.com  
Comment :   For 3 weeks during the B. of Bulge I was in the 396th Sqdn. We moved to another base 3 times then. I
had just gotten checke3d out in the Jug but new gu ys went to Mustangs in Europe. You have great site here;
thanks.  

First Name :   Mark  
Last Name :   Briggs  
E-mail address (optional) :   mbriggs@bioiberica.com  
Comment :   My father, Charles Warren Briggs (ASN 36499216) served with the 368th at Straubing, Germany. Dad
passed from this earth last Saturday 10-Sep-2005.  

First Name :   Dale  
Last Name :   Womack  
E-mail address (optional) :     
Comment :   I WILL NEVER FORGET !!! THANK YOU  

First Name :   Jennifer  
Last Name :   Schweikert  
E-mail address (optional) :   jenniferschweikert@hotmail.com  
Comment :   Hi. Your site is fantastic! Very informative! Im trying to put together my Grandfathers military record for
my 88 year old Grandmother. I requested his military records and was told he served in the 396th and 368th
Fighter groups and I have a patch for th  

First Name :   Raymond  
Last Name :   Tomory  
E-mail address (optional) :   carray@mtaonline.net  
Comment :   I retired from the USAF in February 1980. My mother has a friend John Nyers who was with the 397th
Ftr Gp in WWII. Jack and I have had numerous conversations about his unit. I thoroughly enjoyed your site and
have placed it among my favorites. Thanks guys  

First Name :   michel  
Last Name :   beckers  
E-mail address (optional) :   michel.beckers@home.nl  
Comment :   verry good site,still go on. great, michel  

First Name :   Russell  
Last Name :   OConnell  
E-mail address (optional) :   roconl@aol.com  
Comment :   Theres an old parable that says you may not remember what they said or did, but you always
remember how they made you feel. You guys made me feel good. Oakie  

First Name :   Russell  
Last Name :   OConnell  
E-mail address (optional) :   roconl@aol.com  
Comment :   There never was or ever will be, a greater bunch of guys. Thank you for the wonderful memories.  

First Name :   Jeff  
Last Name :   Butler  
E-mail address (optional) :   ahiltjhb@earthlink.net  
Comment :   Totally awesome. Such a fitting tribute to the brave pilots who served us so well in WWII. Also kudos to
the folks who worked hard so that the memory of the 368th will not be forgotten.