European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1953, Darmstadt, Hesse A the stabs and stripes Ridgy Morch 9-year search for sgt goes on parents certain War ii flier is alive Onn is ailing and his savings exhausted a new Yor Kwaiter nonetheless is still pushing dogged nine year search for his airman son missing in action Over France since july 17, 19w. The Story of Harry Lepselter of 80 Cortlandt Park the Bronx and his son s sgt Nathani Lepselter is one of the Stran Gest to come out of the -War.sgt. Lepselter 21 at the time was one of a Crew of three which took off in an a20j bomber from Chalgrove England. The plane was never seen nor heard from again. Trace found bodies of two. Of the Crew were recovered one body being washed ashore on the Beach near Regen Ville France. But no Trace was Ever found of Lesseuer. Eventually he was officially carried us missing in action Over the Region of Vire and Torgny North Ern France the father and Mother have never in the almost nine year since wavered in the conviction Fiat their son is alive. The parents have printed an distributed 25,000 search circulars. Lepselter himself made a trip Toen Ope several years after the War. Starting from the Vire Torgny Teliin where his son s aircraft presumably was shot Down the father spent weeks in making painstaking reconstruction of what lie believes occurred after the it is his theory that his so survived the crash but suffered injuries which led to the loss . The sergeant presumably was cared for by French families somewhere in the crash area and when Able began trekking through France to find an american unit to join up with. Teams evaporate v the father talked with dozens of persons in prance since re turning Home he has corresponded with dozens More claiming to have firm evidence that the son is still live. When pursued however Ali Rof these leads have either evaporated or led to a capsules Here is the father s Story and some of the findings which have spurred his search i received a letter from b. , former to sgt of the914th bomb up 2d bomb Wing Langley Field va., dated dec. 2, 5 sgt Nathan Lepselter. Amnesia victim i i1948, in which he indicated that he saw and spoke with Nathan in a mental institution near Brussels in september 1944. Some of the people to whom spoke about my son during my trip to France in july 1947 re ported having seen him during August 1944, a month after the Date on which he was reported missing. Last year a hospitalized Gitel phoned me from new Jersey to say that he had seen my boy in one of the five German cities where this i was based after the War but he was Uncertain As to which was the Correct one. The cities were Munich Nur i Bers Stuttgart Schierstein and Aschaffenbur. After that Tele phone Call however i lost track of this i and i am still trying to Trace the son s last wartime address was 155th photo recon so Apo 141, co postmaster . His serial number was 12155215. The airman was born March 9,1923, in Brooklyn . He was described a about 5 feet 10%inches tall about 170 pounds medium build Light Brown hair with Gray streaks Blue eyes and medium Light complexion. He had no false Teeth. At the time of his disappearance he wore an army ring and a longines wrist father s search circular makes this plea not Given up Hope that he is still living. We Appe Alto help us in our search. I left my Job and family and went note words in brackets Are Cut expressed to the German. Words i parentheses help to explain the German but Are not necessary la up Glisn wards in single quotation Marks Are word for word equivalents. Swischer Den Fensterl text Eio Schreib stub if j Britain probably will Havein service within 15 years trans Atlantic airliners capable of speeds of 1,350 a Mph an3 passenger capacities of 200, sir Roy Dobso said. The a. V. Roe aircraft told a service club meeting the planes flying at60,000 feet would make the trip to new York in 2v� . V. Roe builds the Vulcan Delta Wing Topfer service planned Brussels a Sabena air lines plans to fit helicopters on International scheduled route by the Spring of 1954, it was announced. Williem Deswarte Gen eral manager of the belgian line said the company has ordered three Sikorsky s5s helicopters from the . To be delivered this year. The Bra address at letters Tat editor to stus and sep 115, 0.s. Army. La Eltty Waddress in urea Deltca quest. 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