European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Crew of lady from Bristol in 1943. Harold delay is kneeling second from right Lawson Campbell standing second from right switched Crews before the crash. Harold Beaver kneeling far led and Tony Gemondo next to him were in sick Bay when the plane crashed. Body of Jack Ghormley kneeling for right was discovered buried in Harold a Roni the cover gets muddled. Quot i just always had this idea that he May he walking around alive Quot said Jones the assistant to the regional director of Central Texas College in Heidelberg Germany. That thought was passed on from her grandmother who carried the dream to her grave last year. Quot she held out Hope for 50 years Quot Jones said. Much of that optimism was based on a letter received by the Mother of a Crew member shortly after the plane disappeared. The mothers and wives of the Crew members kept in close Contact and shared letters and news with each other. A the letter was smuggled through the French resistance saying they All survived and hoped they a be Home soon a Jones said. Quot the letter is the War department at the time refused to accept that the letter was authentic. Jones insists the woman Quot knew her own son s when she moved to Germany in 1088 with her husband army 1st sgt. Melvin Jones she decided to Quot get Busy and has since contacted about 41 agencies and individuals seeking information. The sojourn has put her in touch with Amei . A amps Jim do radim Theresa Jones searches for clues on her Uncle. German and French military historians the National archives in Suitland Myand a former Pilot who was stationed with her Uncle. Her efforts have enabled her to Pul together additional pieces of the Puzzle. The a lady from Bristol and its 10-member Crew belonged to the 714th bomb so 448th bomb group and departed from Seething England for a bombing Mission Over Germany on feb. 25, 1944. An army memorandum obtained by Jones and dated March 31, 1949, was inconclusive As to whether the German bombing target was Firth near Niernberg or Gotha 100 Miles to the North. The report quotes a Crew member from a Squadron plane who saw the aircraft at 17,000 feet a slowly losing Altitude and straggling behind a Southeast of Amiens a about 40 Miles Inland a during the formations return flight to England after the raid. A the time was approximately 1613.�?� the report a presumed. All members. Were killed when the plane came Down in the English the army a conclusion was based on the discovery of the body of one Crew member tech. Sgt. Jack Ghormley in an isolated grave at Paris Plage France on the coast. A although no information is available regarding these remains a the report said the army believed Ghormley a body washed ashore after the plane crashed in the Channel. Undated declassified documents from the . Air Force historical research Center at Maxwell fab ala., stated that the plane was one of 31 aircraft that departed from Seething for a raid on Firth. Afterwards it was listed simply As a unaccounted the plane was one of 83 . Aircraft reported missing on that Day according to a spokesman at maxwells research Center. A total of 16,605 missing continued on Pune 5 Page -1 a sunday May >4. In
