28 January 2004:
Howard Hawthorne, Navigator contacted us with updated information
about his crew. This is very exciting as he is the only contact
for this crew and another 39ther that has been found - or
in this case found us (the 39th BG Assoc). Updates: Added
Missions, corrected rank, and positions; it has been determined
from Hawthorne's Record of Combat Duty that the "Buckley
Crew" was Crew 52 - making them the replacement crew
for Paquette's Crew.
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September 2003:
Per General Order 29 dated 11 August 1945, all of the crew
except for Haag and Minor were awarded the Air
Medal from 7 July to 24 July 1945 - note: Haag and Minor
may have awarded the Air Medal under another order not obtained
yet. Thanks to the Athey Family for providing the above mentioned
order.
31 July, 2003:
David Athey, son of Samuel G. Athey, Jr. RG, contacted our
site regarding his father and this crew. He related that the
Buckley Crew returned to California in preparation for lead
crew training and during that time the ABomb was dropped -
thus they never returned to Guam... more information to follow.
