Entry: 89907
Subject: CAPTURE AND ESCAPE STORY
Subject: CAPTURE AND ESCAPE STORY
Allic Somers wrote on November 3, 2014
City and State: HUNTSVILLE AL
Unit: USAF
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: SGT Bernard (Bo) Cassity from Mobile, AL. I am trying to clarify a story my father told me about being captured and escaping in his C-47. In my 50 years this is the third story he has ever told me so i don't have much to go on. He was stationed at Brookly Fields AFB in Mobile, AL. Stationed at K-16 when he was in Korea. He flew several times to Japan to get supplies and he transported troops.
He said that there were Army men in the room where he was held. He was allowed to pre-flight his plane twice a day, which is how he said he escaped. He thinks he was there for only 3 days. I know that he flew with an African Amercian pilot, my dad was the crew chief and they lost all of their instrument panels during an earlier flight over a mountain range coming back into K-16 and flew blind with maps, narrowly missing the mountain.
SGT Bobby Byrd was with my dad at Brookly Fields AFB also if that helps make a connection. I have pictures of him and another guy name Moose beside his plane in Korea.
If anyone has an information please contact me via email.
Keywords: Bobby Byrd, Moose, c-47, Korea, K-16
Entry: 85290
Subject: HELP ME LOOKING FOR JAMES QUEST
Subject: HELP ME LOOKING FOR JAMES QUEST
Patricia Quest wrote on January 23, 2013
Email Update Needed
City and State: SCOTTSBRO AL
Unit: UNKNOW
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments:
Keywords: looking for any one that have know james quest He was a
pow koren war thats all i know he has pass away now iam
trying to find anyone that know please help if you can
He was the airforce
Entry: 77830
Subject: RE: WILLIAM D. BEALE
Subject: RE: WILLIAM D. BEALE
Mary Justus Castaldi wrote on February 11, 2011
City and State: MISSION VIEJO CA
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: My father, 1st. Lt. Bert W. Justus was a POW MIA in Korea. I have a report signed by a William D. Beale stating that my father was suffering from blood poisoning in leg and is assumed to have died. I was 6 years old. I am sorry to hear about the death of your father only 10 years after my dad. The report your father filed after the war ended is one of the few that give us some idea of what happened to my father. I can't thank him but I can tell you how much it meant to us.
Keywords: Answer to question I was unable to email.
Entry: 75217
Subject: UNCLE BUBBA
Subject: UNCLE BUBBA
Anthony Lindsey wrote on June 25, 2010
Email Update Needed
City and State: ARNAUDVILLE LA
Unit: US AIR CORP.
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: Please contact Jerry Wayne Lindsey in Ozark, Arkansas at 479-518-2257 in regard to any information about his brother Bubba. My name is Anthony or Tony and my grandmother has died without knowing what happened to her son, other than he is MIA. My father told me it was a Suicide mission and he was a gunner on a bomber. He has more contact information than I do, and can be reached at the above number.He knows what his Christian name was, what unit he was with, and other things that I do not know.
Keywords: Uncle Bubba Lindsey.
Entry: 73357
Subject: GEORGE WILLIAM
Subject: GEORGE WILLIAM
William Beale JR. wrote on January 30, 2010
Email Update Needed
City and State: BOWLING GREEN VA
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: I am looking for anyone who may have been a POW with my father. Dad was killed in a B-52 crash in 1961 when I was 11. I am interested in hearing about his life as a POW
Keywords: Bill Beale a B-29 navigator was a POW for 24 months when I was 11.
Entry: 62782
Subject: WE CAN'T BURY MY GRANPA
Subject: WE CAN'T BURY MY GRANPA
Jessica Wilcox wrote on October 30, 2007
City and State:
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: MY GRANFATHER FOUGHT IN THE KOREAN WAR. ALL HIS DOCUMENTS WERE DESTROYED IN A FIRE IN ST LOUIS. EVEN THE GOVMT. IS HAVING TROUBLE. HE WAS ON OF THE 27 MEN OF THE 523 SQUADRON(AIRFORCE). IS ANYONE CAN HELP PLEASE DO FOR MY GRANDFATHER ...... SO WE CAN GIVE HIM A PROPER BURIAL. THANK YOU.
Keywords:
Entry: 59215
Subject: ELDON JAMES KNUTSON
Subject: ELDON JAMES KNUTSON
Ty Knutson wrote on October 14, 2006
Email Update Needed
City and State: SHERMAN OAKS CA
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Interested Person
Comments: I am trying to find any information about my dad's time in the service I have very few details, he never talked about it but I know from family members he was in Korea and I belive
was a POW there his name was Eldon James Knutson and he was from Minneapolis Minnesota any info anyone could pass on would be great.
Thank You
Keywords:
Entry: 57264
Subject:
Subject:
Mike Hebert wrote on May 21, 2006
City and State:
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: Does anyone remember serving with my father, Capt Robert Richard Hebert? He was a B29 Capt (pilot) and his aircraft was listed as MIA in January 1952 (I believe). Any information about him would be wonderful.
Keywords: B29 pilot
Entry: 54806
Subject: STILL SEEKING INFO ON MY FATHER
Subject: STILL SEEKING INFO ON MY FATHER
James Sayre wrote on December 23, 2005
City and State:
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: I'm still seeking any information on my father (James L. Sayre) (Jim Sayre) in the Korean War. He told me very few stories about it. He mentioned that he wasn't old enough to get into the military so he had to lie about his age. Would this make tracking his record difficult? As far as I know he still gave them the correct name.
Thanks a lot for any info.
James Leonard Sayre
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998
"James Sayre Jr." Email addresswrote:
phone: 523-2885
comments:
I am looking for any info you might have of my father. He was a POW
and then returned to the states, and has now passed away. I would just
like any pictures or documentation you may have.
His name James Leonard Sayre.
I greatly appreciate it, thanks!
Ed note: 11/04/98 per Jim, no unit id found yet.
Keywords: Jim Sayre, James, POW,
Entry: 46906
Subject: FROM CHINA INTERESTED IN POW
Subject: FROM CHINA INTERESTED IN POW
Zhang Bochun wrote on November 16, 2004
Email Update Needed
City and State:
Unit:
Service or Relationship: -
Comments: I come from China. Now i watch a TV program concerning POW screened by our TV station¡£
Keywords:
Entry: 42914
Subject: WILLIAM (WILLY) STANLEY
Subject: WILLIAM (WILLY) STANLEY
Renee Anderson wrote on May 8, 2004
City and State:
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Family Member
Comments: I am trying to determine if my father was a Korean POW. He died 3 years ago and before he died said he was a POW and he was tortured and then refused to talk about it anymore. Is there a list somewhere of POWS so I can verify his story? Thank you so much for your help!
Keywords: William Stanley
Entry: 42574
Subject: LT QUINN, POW
Subject: LT QUINN, POW
Stanley Brown wrote on April 24, 2004
City and State: WALSENBURG CO
Unit: 8TH THEN 13TH BOMB SQDN
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea
Comments: I got that name When I was unable to fly because of a surplus of Gunners.
In 8th Bomb Sqdn.
They gave me a crew of Koreans and a large truck and we hauled Fuel for the K8 in the winter of 51. Good thing as my pilot Lt Qwinn and navigator were shot down and captured soon after arriving there.
I transfered to 13th and got my 50 missions there. Shot down on 38th mission but not capatured. Wondering what happened to Lt Quinn?
Keywords: Rice Paddy Brown
Entry: 35020
Subject: JOHN TURNER
Subject: JOHN TURNER
J. Black wrote on June 22, 2003
Email Update Needed
City and State:
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea
Comments:
Keywords:
Entry: 32502
Subject: LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON MAJOR KASSEL M. KEENE
Subject: LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON MAJOR KASSEL M. KEENE
Raymond (Ray) Sestak wrote on March 5, 2003
Email Update Needed
City and State: WESTERLO NY
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Interested Person
Comments: I am looking for any information on Major Kassel M. Keene. Major Keene's B-29 was shot down on November 19, 1952. The crew is believed to have safely bailed out on and near Cho'Do Island. Several accounts concerning Major Keene have surfaced over the years. The hardcover book "Soldies of Misfortune" indicates that Major Keene was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in July of 1953 for assaulting a fellow prisoner, and was not to be affected by repatriation. I would appreciate any information from anyone that may have any information concerning the whereabouts of Major Kassel M. Keene. For more information, please visit the website http://home.att.net/~myron.sestak Thank you.
Keywords:
Entry: 24476
Subject: AIR FORCE CAMPS
Subject: AIR FORCE CAMPS
Jonah Guttman wrote on April 2, 2002
Email Update Needed
City and State: CINCINNATI OH
Unit:
Service or Relationship: United Nations Veteran - Korea
Comments:
Keywords:
Entry: 24051
Subject: DOMINGO REYNA CABRERA POW
Subject: DOMINGO REYNA CABRERA POW
Sandra Flores wrote on March 18, 2002
Email Update Needed
City and State: CORPUS CHRISTI TX
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Air Force Veteran - Korea
Comments: does anybody remember a Domingo Reyna Cabrera, was a pow in the korean war, he was a military police, but i do not know what squadron he belonged to, he is my grandfather and i am seeking information
Keywords:
Entry: 7380
Subject: OPERATION GLORY
Subject: OPERATION GLORY
Pamela Tanner wrote on March 8, 2000
City and State: PULASKI NY
Unit:
Service or Relationship: Interested Person
Comments: I am trying to locate any one with information regarding Operation Glory to assist a veteran in verifying that this did occur and that he was injured when recovering bodies that had been booby trapped with a mine. He states this occured in approx. August 1954, in a battlefield in North Korean territory north of the 38th parallel.
Anyone with information that may help please contact me at ptanner@veterans.state.ny.us
and thank you.
Keywords: Graves registration 'Operation Glory" August 1954
Entry: 2876
Subject: POW INTEREST
Subject: POW INTEREST